Digital citizens and their addiction by comunication and information technology

Institute of International Center for Media & the Public Agenda (ICMPA) on University of Maryland has made a researche on thousand of students that didint reach the 25 year of age and from ten diferend countries: USA, Chile, Chin, Hong Kong, Slovakia, Mexico, Uganda and Liban. People were asked for a time of one day to not use any of the communicational-informational devices. Then they asked them to write their observations and feelings about it.
Unfortinatly a big part of the people couldn't stand to not use those things. Scientists discovered that those people can’t live without cell phone, laptop and mp3 player. They discribed their feelings as annoyed, nervous, not calm, and not to find a place for their selves. The test has shown a total addiction of this generation for this kind of devices with a large pointing on cell phones. Even when the people were from five deferent continents all people Has shown the same addiction that says that they are a Digital citizens “It started dawning on to us that such a citizenship doesn't have the passport: when we covered the place in the questionnaire form with the name of the country of origin, reading very commentary it wasn't possible to guess, what nationality is feeling examined” - the boss of the project is writing, professor of the journalism and the social policy on University of Maryland i dyrektor ICMPA, Susan D. Moeller. Examinations pointed that current young people, given birth and growing up amongst digital technologies, what step doesn't notice media in dominated their everyday life, being in their element in this digital world. Media are facilitating their everyday duties, the way to acquire the information and the place of the contact with friends for them and. In the moment disconnecting "of them from the technology, felt lost and devoid of the sense of security. Young people from the entire world will admit that they will depend on the digital technology. Even momentary cutting off from the cell or the computer causes that they are feeling restless and impatient.
More information about the research can be found on the page:
http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/uniini/release.cfm?ArticleID=2386. ZAN

Another Perfect World

Interactive Network gam es and the influence on the young gamers

When I watched the movie ‘”Another Perfect World. In Search of Virtual Paradise” I asked myself a question. How far will a human go with his Internet entertainment and how is it with it right now. I assume that In few years 80 percent of people will have their alter ego In at least one of virtual worlds. With groing numbers of games and its users the problem with virtual reality grows with it. In South Koreia internet games are its national sport. For many users they are an escape from reality. Mainy tenagers are liable on influences like life style from the network games. By the strong targeting of games their are not only seen as fun and entertainment but also as a psychological issue. Psychologies and Pedagouges says that voilence in games is stronger than in TV. Thats becouse the gamer in use of his character can chose a weapon, form of attack and a style of kill to make an act of voilence. For example he needs to totaly focus during a battle. This kind of behavior has a negative influance in real life witch has a big problem in seeing good and evil and more agressive. It is well known that games has all the narcotic issues such as addiction and psychical discomfort in case of disconecting from the game and a motivation to come to it back as soon as it’s possible. There are also behaviors such as a strikes of fear. From observation and reserches we can see that games are especialy dangerous for lonely people with low self-assessment. For this kind of persons the fictional world makes a strong impression that they are strong and they are a part of important society. It comes with closeing of self and escapeing from private problems. The negative sides of playing games are endles and the examples of self destruct of mind. Games are made for people and like other things you have to use it with a distance and doze. The mentioned by me movie discribes exactly whats gonna happen.