ONLINE GAME ADDICTION

I. INTRODUCTION

MISSION

To be able to give information about the impact of online games addiction to the daily lives of the people who used it, to their loved ones and all the people in our society by presenting the results of the survey conducted and through an informative brochure.

VISION

To see people be knowledgeable about the bad effects of being addicted to something, especially, addiction to online games and be able to use and play online games in a right and way.

PROJECT

A brochure that is used to address the people about the effects and solution of online games addiction.

BRIEF INFORMATION

Online games are applications or programs that are played through the use of internet, mobile phones, tablets, laptops and computers. League of Legends, Clash of Clans, Mobile Legends, Rules of Survival and Crossfire are some of the most popular online games that were played by most of the millennial today. Generally, online games addiction refers to an excessive and unhealthy playing of online games. Rather than being engaged in the reality or the real world, addicted players devote more of their time playing online games.

II. PURPOSE

The main reasons why this social issue, online game addiction, still exist on our society is because, people find online games as a thing that they must try to be in line with the social trends. Second, because the internet has become more and more advance and modern that it creates new features that the people became obsessed with playing online games. And lastly, it is because of the people around them that influenced their behavior towards using it.

This concept paper have three main purposes:

1.To aware all the people in this society about the negative effects of being addicted on playing online games.

The first purpose of this paper is to aware people about the negative effects of online games addiction because if they would know this effects they can prevent from being addicted on playing online games.

2. To inform people how to properly use online games and avoid become addict on playing it.

Another purpose of this study is for the people to be informed about the proper way on how to use or play online games. If the people know how to use those applications in a proper way they can avoid become addict because they have knowledge on using it.

3. To know what are the insights of ordinary people to the people that are addicted on playing online games.

People in our society have different insights about addiction and another purpose of this study is to know that opinions because those are important especially if those people can help the online games addicts.

III. DESCRIPTION

PROCEDURE

This concept paper would undergo a process which starts by planning what information to put in this paper that are connected to the topic about online games addiction. Then, the survey questionnaires will be given to the respondents and the results and findings of the conducted survey will provide analysis and conclusion for the said topic. The last step would be creating a brochure that contains the information about online games addiction and how this social issue can be solved.

FUNCTION

This project aims to help online games addict to know what are the effects of excessively playing those kind of applications to their studies, to their health, to their loved ones, to their selves and to the society. This concept paper and the brochure could also be an instrument for the government in creating a law about how should the people use the internet in a wise and proper way.

EXPLANATION

Nowadays, playing online games excessively leads to negative consequences for an individual. There are times when an online game addict sacrifice his work, his time for learning, hobbies, socializing with real people, time with his family, friends and loved ones and even his time to sleep and eat. These negative consequences are the causes of an individual to isolate himself to the people around him, online games addiction can lead to decreased on his academic achievement and worst is that those individuals could experience health issues such as body pains and sleep abnormalities. Those individuals ignores more important responsibilities and often obsessed with obtaining higher rankings and achievements in their favorite online game.

IV. CONTACT INFORMATION

For comments and suggestions about this project, you can sent a letter to Laiza Mae Montilla Arapa with her address, 155 Daang Bakal Street, 8^th Avenue, West Grace Park, Caloocan City. You can also reach her with her phone number, 0938240499, e-mail, laizamae.arapa1212@gmail.com or Facebook account, Laizamae Arapa.

V. CONCLUSIONS

The researcher conducted a survey about the topic, online games addiction, through a questionnaire that contains set of questions that were answered by the 10 respondents of the study. The researcher concluded that playing online games have good effects for some reasons, such as, it can formed friendships while playing it, they’ve learned something from playing it and the skills that they used in playing online games can help them in other areas of their lives maybe in terms of hand chores. But, despite of this good effects there were also negative effects that may become worst when those people become more addicted on playing online games. Playing online games too often can bring bad effects to their health, it is because they skipped meals and sleeping hours because they are too busy tapping their fingers at phones at computers to level up in their favorite online game. Playing online games too often could be a hinder from their studies because instead of doing their assignments and projects they first do play online games that they forget their responsibilities and deadlines in the school. People that were addicted to online games have become worst that they become angry when someone interrupt them and it is not a good thing because they end up socializing with the people inside their gadgets rather than communicating with people in the real world. Playing online games is not a bad thing, it become a bad thing when people use it excessively that it will bring bad effects to them and the people around them.

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