the following is the project proposal for Visual Essay Assignment.
We were required to pick between two different aspects:
The Sociological Aspects of the Media and Popular Culture
Or
Media's Effect on Society's Perspectives
Project Summary
I decided to base my assignment from The Sociological Aspects of the Media and Popular Culture topic and focus my attention on the negative effects caused by online gaming addictions. Online gaming addictions have become a serious problem especially in Asia where gamers often spend 7 days a week playing games up to 16 hours a day or more becoming sucked into a virtual world.
Synopsis
The reason I have decided to base this assignment on gaming addictions is because I have previously suffered from this. During the same time period another friend of mine also suffered from this addiction. The game that caused the both of us to become obsessed is an MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) called World of Warcraft. Luckily our addiction did not last long but it gave us an insight to how quickly one can become obsessed and this starts harming social, family, educational and work life very quickly. Once the addiction becomes long-term it can really affect your mental and physical health as well. However there are many people across the world who have let their lives become consumed by online video games. The addiction has become so serious that people have died from playing video games over recent years. Gaming addiction clinics are now commonplace in most countries. Korea has the highest percentage of gaming addicts in the world where online gaming has become a competitive sport where some online gamers have become national celebrities earning six figure salaries.
Background Information
While online gaming is great fun, too much of it can cause a serious negative effect on people’s lives. It has ruined the lives of many people. The seriousness of online gaming addictions has often been compared to drug addictions and alcoholism. Many gamers become addicted to online games to escape reality or problems in real life. They feel superior in the online world and can become emotionally attached to their gaming characters. Online games especially games like World Of Warcraft, Starcraft, Everquest and many Korean based online games have no ending or finish line like most single player games. Because of this never-ending quest of progress, gamers become addicted. In 2010 a South-Korean couple was convicted of letting their baby starve to death while they spent hours online. There has been several other deaths and suicides over the years relating to online gaming including a 13 year old boy who jumped from a 24 story building and the note he left behind for his parents was written from the point of view of his Warcraft video game character. The Korean Government has since injected millions into helping addicts. Unique Aspects of this project I feel that this project is unique because I have personal experience of this addiction, I experienced many of the negative effects associated with this addiction but luckily I soon realised what was happening and cut down massively on my gameplay before things became totally out of hand. My
Approach to this project.
For this project I will be producing a 3-4 minute video highlighting the negative effects online gaming has on society. The film will contain found footage online where I will build montages showing different online games set to a suitable soundtrack along with onscreen text. The film will also show short interview segments which will highlight just how serious online gaming addiction can be and how it has affected people’s lives. I also want to include some serious facts about this gaming addiction relating to deaths that have happened over the years. Toward the end I want to show what society is doing to help cure some gaming addicts such as addiction clinics etc. There is a lot of information online about this topic to research and plenty of documentaries highlighting this serious issue.
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