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Programmed for Demise: How Game Addiction is Ruining Boys

Programmed Demise for How Game Addiction is Ruining Boys Nearly 9 of 10 U.S. children aged 8 to 18 play video games. Top Video Game Markets, by Country: 20 $13.6B 15 10 $7B $6.8B $5B $3.7B - 5 U.S. Japan China S. Korea U.K. you In the U.S., the biggest age group for massive multi- player online games was: 8-12 years old Average daily time spent among 8-18 year-olds. 80 60 40 20 1999 2004 2009 Playing videogames Reading books, magazines and newspapers for pleasure 3 Million children in the U.S. are addicted to video games. That's equivalent to the number of children taking ADD/ADHD medication. 4x as many boys as girls exhibit symptoms of addiction. MATURE 17+ ADULIS ONY 18+ 50% of boys surveyed listed a 'Mature' or 'Adults Only' game among their favorite compared to only 14% of girls. Boys Girls Boys: Girls: generally choose violent or aggressive games. choose puzzle or platform games. REPORT CARD JACK Receln D- Cham REPORT CARD JILL Reseling A Chem C 70% Mata CHealth CMata F Health Mahuting F ID trt C- Whuting A ie FLit art of Ds and Fs at school are given to boys. Music F it Bio D ym A SAT And in 2011, young men's SAT scores were the worst they had been in 00000 40 years. 1 in 10 college students play video games in order to avoid studying or going to class. College students who play video games study 40 min. less and receive grades YOU LOSE (YOUR GPA) 0.241 GPA pts lower. Boys are 30% more likely than girls to drop out of high school and college. The average young American will spend: 10,000 HOURS playing video games by age 21. That's twice the time it takes to earn a: BACHELOR'S DEGREE Created By: OnlineGraduatePrograms.com Sources: http://www.familysafemedia.com/pornography_statistics.html http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/internet-driving-pornography- addiction-school-aged-kids/story?id=16297026#.T8wt9tVAaTs http://www.businessinsider.com/the-demise-of-guys-by-philip-zimbardo-2012-5 http://washingtonexaminer.com/2010/11/erica-jacobs-video-game-addiction- swells-numbers-college-dropouts/37219 http://gamepolitics.com/2011/05/30/divorce-online-15-percent-divorces-due-game-addiction http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/16/survey-97-percent-of-chil_n_126948.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/19/AR2009041902350.html http://www.techaddiction.ca/video_game_addiction_statistics.html https://depts.washington.edu/critgame/wordpress/2010/04/fyi-video-game- statistics-by-the-entertainment-software-association/ http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/02/13/2012021300511.html http://www.extremetech.com/computing/123929-just-how-big-are-porn-sites/2 http://www.care2.com/causes/3-million-kids-on-addadhd-drugs.html http://www.aaaai.org/about-the-aaaai/newsroom/allergy-statistics.aspx http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/11/art4full.pdf http://www.industrygamers.com/news/mmos-account-for-15-of-all-time- spent-playing-games-in-us-and-europe-finds-report/ http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2012/0316/Top-video-game- markets-in-the-world/United-States CC 000 This Work is Licensed Under a Creative Commons License BY NO ND :: (Minute

Programmed for Demise: How Game Addiction is Ruining Boys

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The statistics are irrefutable; kids play more video games today than ever before, and the gaming industry shows no signs of slowing down. The effects of video games on the education of children are a...

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