COMPUTER GAMES, THEIR DIVISION, CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENT TENDENCIES AND BASIC INVESTIGATIONS FROM THE FIELD OF COMPUTER GAMES

Social Development of Students Participating in Physical Activity and Computer Games

The purpose of this study was to compare the participation in physical activity and computer games on the social development of students. The population of this research was made up entirely of male students from secondary schools in the city of Marivan (mean age of 13.5 years). Among them, 300 were selected purposively (150 athletes, 150 computer games players). In order to collect the informa...

E-nchantment - Wiederverzauberung in Contemporary Computer Games

The use of technology has contributed to what Max Weber termed the “disenchantment of the world”. Curiously, however, we see that certain computer applications – primarily computer games – are now used to re-enchant the world by once again allowing magic, moral and narrative into what was constructed to be a rational reality. This project – the re-construction of the enchanted world – is an int...

A Study of the Correlation between Computer Games and Adolescent Behavioral Problems

Background: Today, due to developing communicative technologies, computer games and other audio-visual media as social phenomena, are very attractive and have a great effect on children and adolescents. The increasing popularity of these games among children and adolescents results in the public uncertainties about plausible harmful effects of these games. This study aimed to investigate the co...

Comparison of the effectiveness of cognitive computer games and parent-child interactive games on problem solving and positive and negative affect of ten-year-old children in Shiraz

In recent years, research on increasing cognitive and psychological status through play has received much attention. For this purpose, there are two categories of game including interactive home game and cognitive game that the first run in the home environment and the latter is implemented as computer software to increase cognitive abilities. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiven...

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