Timeline for What studies exist regarding computer usage and computer game playing that support limiting access?
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| Aug 22, 2020 at 16:07 | history | edited | Timur Shtatland |
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| Dec 8, 2011 at 18:24 | answer | added | Daniel Standage | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 8, 2011 at 16:32 | comment | added | vlad2135 | They are perceived inferior to (something) because PARENTS DO NOT KNOW computers and computers games. And it's a person habit to be afraid of unknown! Another scary thing - when a person (ones child) spend a lot of time with something. If you play soccer all your free time it is ok - soccer is known and safe (on amateur level ;)), computers - oh, so scary and unknown! Better stop them! Because doing nothing at all is guaranteed safe :) Gaming violence has nothing to do with original reason -it's just an excuse. | |
| Dec 7, 2011 at 17:42 | comment | added | user420 | Related. | |
| Dec 7, 2011 at 0:45 | comment | added | DA01 | @doug, well, sports trivia is certainly a way to socialize with certain people. That said, in general, 'well read' usually refers to a broader knowledge base. Granted, there's plenty of fluff books that probably don't add a whole lot to one's perspective in life. In the end, it's not so much the medium as much as it is the actual content. I'd say reading wikipedia on the computer is better for the mind than reading the latest Archie Comics. But perhaps reading some Socrates trumps 2 hours of angry birds. ;) | |
| Dec 6, 2011 at 22:30 | answer | added | lgritz | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 2, 2011 at 17:54 | comment | added | Doug | Is that any different than a person watching sports all day under the guise that it's improving their social abilities because they'll be able to interact with other sports fans? The root of my question is the why computers and computer games are perceived inferior than sports or book reading or music lessons. | |
| Dec 2, 2011 at 2:22 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackParenting/status/142428452740542465 | ||
| Dec 1, 2011 at 19:52 | answer | added | user420 | timeline score: 11 | |
| Dec 1, 2011 at 18:08 | vote | accept | Doug | ||
| Dec 1, 2011 at 17:38 | comment | added | DA01 | Also, I wouldn't say reading is anti-social as much as I'd say it's solitary. Being well read can actually be a great benefit to one's social abilities. | |
| Dec 1, 2011 at 17:37 | comment | added | DA01 | No scientific references, but, in general, I think the issue is typically about passive vs. involved and sedentary vs. physically active. In otherwords, TV has been shown to be harmful in that it's mentally passive and physically sedentary. But something like playing a puzzle based video game, or any active Wii game, starts moving towards mentally involved, physically active activities. | |
| Dec 1, 2011 at 14:34 | history | edited | user420 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 1, 2011 at 13:48 | answer | added | Andy W | timeline score: 8 | |
| Dec 1, 2011 at 13:41 | comment | added | Torben Gundtofte-Bruun | A chat was started here - feel free to review and reply, even much later: bookmarked chat | |
| Dec 1, 2011 at 13:12 | comment | added | user420 | This question, and the answers it will likely receive, are great topics for discussion. I strongly encourage everyone who is interested in this topic to pop into our chat room and chime in with your opinions! | |
| Dec 1, 2011 at 13:09 | comment | added | user420 | @deworde "Social" is not the criteria I had in mind for saying that books > gaming, as you can learn a ton from books, but relatively little from gaming (beyond problem-solving, analytic and puzzle skills). | |
| Dec 1, 2011 at 9:22 | comment | added | deworde | As a compulsive reader when I was a child, I would comfortably state that reading is far more anti-social than game-playing. Gaming is often done in groups or with onlookers, and some of my fondest memories are playing computer games with someone. On the other hand, reading over someone's shoulder is considered to be the rudest action imaginable. The fact that the one thing you don't do at a "Book Club" is read, should tell you how social an activity it is. | |
| Dec 1, 2011 at 2:25 | answer | added | morah hochman | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 30, 2011 at 23:35 | comment | added | user420 | Great question! I have a similar background of games as a kid (on my Apple IIc!), although I always felt that books > games. I suspect it will be difficult to prove anything, but there has to be some research out there. | |
| Nov 30, 2011 at 22:08 | history | asked | Doug | CC BY-SA 3.0 |