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Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies (2008)
Findings: The Web is *not* more dangerous than any other place in the real world, Harvard found out.
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Study: Video Games Can Promote Sociability - Video Game Features, PC Game Features
University of Wisconsin at Madison and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Gamasutra - Pew Study: Games Have Positive Social, Political Effect On Teens
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Said senior research specialist Amanda Lenhart, "The stereotype that gaming is a solitary, violent, anti-social activity just doesn't hold up. The average teen plays all different kinds of games and generally plays them with friends and family both online and offline."
According to the study, about half of gamers have played games that cause them to think about moral and ethical issues, while about 40 percent play games involving decisions about how to run a community or political entity, and similar numbers report learning about social issues. Pew claims that teens who are exposed to such virtual activities and considerations are more likely to become invested in politics or current events in the real world.
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Social Gaming liegt voll im Trend | silicon.de
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"Social Gaming erlaubt mir, mit meinen Freunden in Kontakt zu bleiben, und das alles durch ein simples Spiel", erklärt Marcus Segal, bekennender Social Gamer, gegenüber der US-Zeitung San Francisco Chronicle. Der Unterschied zu klassischen Casual Games liege vor allem darin, dass es bei der von ihm bevorzugten Variante nicht darum gehe, sich online mit Fremden zu messen. "User, die innerhalb eines sozialen Netzwerks spielen, treten dabei nicht gegen völlig unbekannte Personen an, sondern gegen ihre Freunde", stellt Segal fest. Für Nutzer sei diese Unterscheidung ein sehr wichtiger Punkt. "Eigentlich habe ich mit Online-Games keine gute Erfahrung. So machen sich Gegenspieler häufig einfach aus dem Staub, wenn sie merken, dass sie unterlegen sind. Die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass so etwas beim Spielen mit einem mir bekannten Menschen passiert, ist da wesentlich geringer", meint Segal.
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Educational Technology and Life » Blog Archive » MMORPGs in Education: Social Learning
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MMORPGs often promote collaboration over individualism and can facilitate social negotiation of meaning. Students who play such games might develop communication skills, including negotiation skills, and valuable new social roles. Cooperative problem-solving and teamwork are often necessary to achieve goals within the game. In-game competition can also lead to collaborative learning. Educational MMORPGs will need to include tasks that require cooperation or competition, and a means for tracking such collaborative play; otherwise, some students may not participate in and benefit from collaborative learning. Teachers might also establish out-of-game incentives for cooperating and competing in the game.
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Emerald: Article Request - Social learning in MMOG: an activity theoretical perspective
Social learning in MMOG
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