Assignment task:
YouTube Video: Video Game Addiction Documentary | Silent Addiction
1. Summarize the video (including the major players/people in the video, topic of issue, background on each person involved, basically include enough information that your reader can get a basic understanding of what occurred in the video).
2. Discuss gaming addiction and how it impacts adolescents and families.
3. Interpret prevalence rates and information about gaming addiction (you will need to cite some scholarly journals here).
4. What role do parents, teachers, school community members, and peers have in helping those who are addicted to online gaming?
5. What sorts of problematic behaviors could excessive online gaming have for an individual or the community?
6. Does the gaming industry share in the responsibility for the rise in gaming addiction?
7. What are your overall thoughts on the video? Where there any gaps on this topic that the video did not identify?