King's College, online pre-sessional - Introductions by Sarah-Kate Fletcher https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n Technology to support your learning. en-us 2019-07-31 13:15:11 UTC 2023-04-15 19:06:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/205808987/d558e2e9911984659a2124ed2c71a962/index.png Introductions task instructions sarahfletcher https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/372816317 Please upload the your introductions for your essay. You can add a Word document link, take a picture or scan your introduction. Finally, add it to one of the Padlet posts before next week's tutorial. You will have a chance to peer review other students' introductions.

Peer feedback

As you review other students' essays, think about whether they have included the main components of an introduction:

  1. Background / context / opening sentence with current trends
  2. Potential definition
  3. Problem statement/why the topic is important
  4. Thesis
  5. Potential outline which is brief (only a sentence)

Students can also help by commenting on elements of academic style, for example, the use of personal pronouns. 
]]> 2019-07-31 13:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/372816317 Scanning apps sarahfletcher https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/372816333 To complete these activities, I suggest you download a scanning app onto your phone. Most are available for free for iPhone and IOS systems. If you struggle to download an app, then use your camera. 
Microsoft lense is one recommended scanning app, I have downloaded Fast Scanner onto my phone, I have the free version which includes adverts, but it is perfectly functional. ]]> 2019-07-31 13:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/372816333 Sutoris with more information about introductions, conclusions and planning. sarahfletcher https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/372816359 2019-07-31 13:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/372816359 Intro 8 sarahfletcher https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/372816463 2019-07-31 13:18:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/372816463 How to upload a document sarahfletcher https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/374275368 Scroll over the post and click the pen on the top right corner. At the bottom of the post, towards the left, you'll see an arrow, click on it and attach your document as you would for an email.

Don't want to upload? Then click on the pen to cut and paste your text into the post. You can add your names next to the bold text at the top.

Want to make the post wider? Stop editing, then pull and drag on the right hand side.

(This is the introduction you can read before the seminar). ]]> 2019-08-13 09:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/374275368 CHEN CHEN sarahfletcher https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/666755145
Gaming addiction, also viewed as gaming disorder by WHO ( Dean, 2020, p.14), is termed as a persistent behavior that is highly dependent on games and quite difficult to withdraw. Once the addicted individual stops playing, withdrawal syndrome will occur, such as anxiety, sadness and frustration. It is true that nowadays an increasing number of people are addicted to virtual games, which even affects their normal life and damages the harmonious family relationship. Thus it's essential to explore the determinants and which ones are dominant causing gaming addiction. This essay will argue that this is most likely due to both attraction factors that push people keep playing straightly, and motivation factors that are caused by real-life stresses which require games as outlets. This essay will firstly argue that attraction factors could encourage individuals invest more time and personal devotion. This part will be followed by how online gaming addiction is led by three certain aspects, respectively elaborate rewards cycle, the network of relationship during online gaming and immersion in these virtual environment. And then this article will secondly discuss the motivation factors could influence gaming addiction through three elements, including low self-esteem, loneliness and feeling isolation, stress and frustration. In the end, this essay will analysis and compare the effects of these two main factors. 

]]> 2020-07-31 17:58:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/666755145 Intro 11 sarahfletcher https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/666755399 2020-07-31 17:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/666755399 Intro 12 sarahfletcher https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/666755483 2020-07-31 17:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/666755483 Intro 13 sarahfletcher https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/666755609 2020-07-31 17:59:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/666755609 Intro- Zhenyu Sun zhenyusun https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/667790796 2020-08-03 05:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/667790796 With the popularization and development of the Internet, the online games have sprung up in the last two decades. Due to the properties of high entertainment, they have attracted the interests of a great deal of people. Nonetheless, they also bring out the corresponding addiction. Addiction could be defined as a recurrent unhealthy or self-destructive behavior that is difficult to be ended by individuals (Yee, 2002, p 1). It is claimed that the attraction of online games is one of the key factors of online gaming addiction. However, not all the gamers who are attracted by online games would have online gaming addiction. Hence, it seems that gamers’ motivation plays a greater role in the online gaming addiction. This essay will argue that in the formation of online gaming addiction, the attraction of online games plays a minor role, whilst the motivation of gamers plays a major role. yiyangu https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668236040 2020-08-03 17:21:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668236040 Introduction xiaohuihu https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668443122 Online gaming addiction has caused a series of unfavourable influence on individuals and society in recent years, which leads to countless people who have to receive treatment from quitting it(Dean,2020,p.13). It is essential to analyze the reasons which result in online game addiction. This essay argues that attraction or motivation factors cannot independently cause people addicted to online gaming, but people merely have a passing interest in online games. The combination of these two factors can lead to people wholly addicted to online gaming, attraction factors are external causes, and motivation factors are internal causes for people addicted to online gaming. This essay will illustrate attraction factor, motivation factor and explain why the combination of two factors cause people to rely on online games. 

Xiaohui HU]]> 2020-08-03 21:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668443122 introduction siyuan1wang https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668599314 2020-08-04 01:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668599314 introduction - RE a_youngpark https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668670859 2020-08-04 03:02:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668670859 Intro Lichao Sun lichaosun https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668714663 According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) definition (Dean, 2020, P13), online gaming addiction (OGA) is referred to recurrent gaming behaviour which the individual has difficulty ending, which thus has a destructively adverse effect on health, employment, and academic situations. However, OGA behaviour only occurs to a certain subset of online gamers, whose addiction reasons are complex and synthetical. Among them, attraction factors and motivation factors become promising ways to explain this issue. In what follows, this essay will shed light on that motivation factors are the main factors leading to OGA from the perspectives of low self-esteem and pressure in real world. Moreover, this essay will argue that the reward mechanism and immersive nature of attraction factors have some impacts on OGA, whereas self-control reduces the influence of attraction factor. Finally, this easy will summarize the role of two factors on OGA and point out the internal relationship between them.

Intro option 2

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) definition (Dean, 2020, P13), online gaming addiction (OGA) is referred to recurrent gaming behaviour which the individual has difficulty ending, which thus has a destructively adverse effect on health, employment, and academic situations. However, OGA behaviour only occurs to a certain subset of online gamers, whose addiction reasons are complex and synthetical. Among them, attraction factors and motivation factors become promising ways to explain this issue. In what follows, this essay will shed light on that motivation factors are the main factors leading to OGA from the perspectives of low self-esteem and pressure in real world. Moreover, this essay will argue that the reward mechanism and immersive nature of attraction factors have some impacts on OGA, whereas self-control reduces the influence of attraction factor. Finally, this easy will summarize the role of two factors on OGA and point out the internal relationship between them.

Online gaming provides an outlet to solve real life problems temporarily, including low self-esteem issue and stress that people struggle with. Motivation factors fundamentally lead to OGA through the above two aspects.

]]> 2020-08-04 04:05:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668714663 siyuan1sun https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668825970 With the fast development of technology of computer, information, and internet, human society has entered the information age. Many aspects of daily life have changed in this unprecedented modern age. In the field of entertainment, online games are widely loved by people of all ages and occupations because of their fun, simple operation, and low cost. Currently, with the increasing number of people playing online games, the problem of gaming addiction has become more common and serious. In the face of this situation, it is particularly important to explore the causes of gaming addiction and to improve it in a targeted manner. This essay analyses some of the specific attraction and motivation factors that lead to gaming addiction. And draws the conclusion that gaming addiction is determined by attraction factors and motivation factors equally, both of which are indispensable.]]> 2020-08-04 07:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668825970 Introduction jiahongli https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668832909 When the increasing number of players show a gradually reliance on the absorbing online gaming, the phenomenon of online gaming addiction emerged and has a bad effect on many players. To be specific, online gaming addiction is defined as a behavior disorder that players cannot control themselves to access it. There are two kinds of factors which are attraction and motivation factors mainly lead to addiction to computer games. It is important to help the addicted players in the correct way by identifying how the two factors cause the formation of online gaming addiction. This essay will analyse the different roles of attraction factors and motivation factors play in the process of online games addiction, and argue that the attraction factors determine lower level of addiction at the earlier stage, while motivation factors are the dominating causes at the later period and enhance the degree of addiction. ]]> 2020-08-04 07:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668832909 Qi Wang introduction qi2wang https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668861452 People are spending more and more time on computers and other IT devices (Sampson and Hulet,2003 in Y.Park & J.V. Chen,2007, p.73). Kuss (2013, p.20) states that in 2012, more than a billion people play computer games and the computer games industry grew by 8% in the same year. And with that comes game addiction. The causes of gaming addiction are complex, this essay argues that for most players, online gaming addiction determined by attraction factors, which mainly come from the game itself. On the basis of attraction factors, parts of these players are more influenced by motivation factors, which come from real life problems of players.]]> 2020-08-04 08:12:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668861452 introduction Takuto Kaku https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668864212 2020-08-04 08:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668864212 Hannah https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668874150 In my essay, “online gaming addiction” is defined as a behavior of some people who have the strong craving to use the internet to play game. In the 21st century, online gaming addition could cause mental-general wellbeing, world view-harm, physical-eyesight，nerve and brain chemistry-harm, and other negative impact to the gamer. However, not every gamer will have online gaming addition. For the purposes of my essay, there are two factors will cause online gaming addition. One of these is motivation factors, and the other is attraction factors. The theisement of my essay is that motivation factors is the main factor to determine online gaming addition. Firstly, the essay will analyze the motivation factors. How the motivation factors compelling people to draw into online game. In this part, it will focus on two elements which are the individual and social context. Next, this essay will analyze that attraction factors could cause online gaming addition. There are online industries and incentive system. And then this essay will argue that motivation factors is the main factor to cause online gaming addition.]]> 2020-08-04 08:44:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668874150 introduction feiyuexu https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668887286 Research evidence shows that game addiction needs to meet the following three characteristics（Yee,2002,pp1,3） at the same time: 1. Long time repetition behaviour; 2. Bad emotion when abstinence; 3. Negative or self destructive behavior. Data show that players are influenced by attraction or motivation factors（Yee,2002,p4）. According to the research results, the influence of motivation factors is positively correlated with the degree of addiction. This essay shows why attraction and motivation factors cause game as well as how the attraction factors as the outlet for motivation addiction. Finally, the article will summarize the possible solutions to the problem of game addiction]]> 2020-08-04 09:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668887286 hetan1 https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668903192 In recent years, gaming addiction -- defined by the WHO as the act of repeatedly throwing oneself uncontrollably into a game-- has gained widespread attention as a new form of addiction (Dean, 2020,p.13). The difference between addictive behavior and long - term involvement is that it is a recurring unhealthy behavior that is difficult for an individual to end. While gaming addiction can be psychologically and physically devastating, computer gamers are growing rapidly. It seems the situation is steadily worsening, with 2012 showing an 8% rise of computer gaming industry on the previous year (Kuss, 2013, p.20). Given this background, this essay firstly analyses the motivative factors which are divided into areas of low self-esteem, loss of control over life and high life stress. However, the personal environment difference limits the effect of motivational factors. And then this essay will secondly claim that the attraction factors which combined sophisticated incentive scheme, multi-level associations and immersion in virtual environments. In brief, it argues that these factors of gaming disorder are multifaceted and often intertwined, while motivational factors are emphasized leading to a greater likelihood of addiction. . 
 
]]> 2020-08-04 10:00:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668903192 Introduction xixihuang https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668943868 In the twenty-first century, computer science has developed tremendously, allowing people to interact effectively with others in a series of online games. According to a recent study by market research firm Niko Partns, the Chinese online gaming market reached $12 billion in 2013 (Kuss, 2013, p.20).Although the advancement of science and technology has brought numerous benefits, the internet can also bring about many negative aspects such as online game addiction. For the purposes of this essay, the term ‘addiction’ means an inability to stop doing or using something, especially something harmful. This unhealthy recurring behavior depends on attraction and motivation factors (Yee, 2002, p.3). To begin with, this essay will discuss the attraction factors regarding online game addiction. It will essentially be categorized into two factors: the setting of game rewards and the establishment of a bonding network. In addition, this paper will focus on two key arguments for the motivation factor next, which are avoidance of real life because of life stress and low self-esteem. Obviously, both of these key arguments are caused by real-life problems. In brief, the essay will argue that attraction factors and motivation factors may both lead to the online gaming addiction deeply, which are equally important.]]> 2020-08-04 11:51:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/668943868 With the development and popularization of online games, the growing number of people have become addicted to games. Addiction is defined in this essay as "an unhealthy or self-destructive behavior that makes individuals difficult to resolve and prone to relapse" (Yee, 2002, p.1). At the same time, addiction has caused immeasurable suffering to countless people, including bringing them various health diseases and some serious mental illnesses, and may have a catastrophic impact on the patient's interpersonal relationships, social life, world outlook and overall well-being(Dean, 2020, p.13) .Therefore, it is very important to analyze the factors that lead to online game addiction.This essay argues that although motivation factors and attraction factors are both important to online gaming addiction, attractiveness factors are more influential than motivational factors. ziyi1song https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/669850477 2020-08-05 05:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/669850477 mengdi1wang https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/669895947 Introduction ]]> 2020-08-05 06:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/669895947 Introduction sunfx https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/671229494 With the advancement of technology, people realise that the Internet has never had such a significant impact on their life as it is now. In the jungle of diverse lifestyles, online games take up a major space in modern entertainment. Using the Internet as a carrier, online games have promoted the tendency of the Pan-Entertainment through their burgeoning popularity. For instance, Candy Crush is a Facebook-based social puzzle game that has 93 million active users and is played more than ten times a day on average (H.E. Kwon, 2016 in Gong, X. et al., 2019, p.1). When many players devote amounts of time to gaming, a wealth of anecdotal evidence suggests that gaming addiction can have a devastating impact on all aspects of an addict's life (Dean, 2020, p.13). The possible forming factors of online game addiction are complex and diverse, among which motivation factors and attraction factors are considered to be the two main factors affecting the addiction (Yee, 2006 in Dean, 2020, p.14). ]]> 2020-08-06 12:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/671229494 lu5liu https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/671474281  
With the development of the technology and electronics industry, various kinds of entertainment appear on the Internet. The online social game, which is driven by social networks such as WeChat, Twitter, and Facebook, has quickly become a popular digital pastime for online gamers. (Rajab,2020, p. 100261). In 2012, more than 1 billion people played computer games, which helped drive 8% growth in the industry that year (Kuss,2013, p.1). More and more people cannot control themselves when they are addicted to computer games. This essay will first show that attractiveness is a determinant of game addiction. Three important aspects of attraction factors, reward cycle, immersive virtual environment, and virtual social circle, are compared and illustrated. Secondly, this paper believes that although attraction factors can affect game addiction to a certain extent, motivation factors are more likely to determine game addiction. In this part, this essay analyses and discusses the greater influence of motivational factors on game addiction from the perspective of predicament and the predicament given by the external environment. Finally, this essay will compare and discuss in detail the extent to which these two factors, respectively, determine addiction to online games. 

]]> 2020-08-06 16:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/671474281 Gaming addition, considered as gaming disorder written into the authoritative document of the World Health Organisation (WHO) as well, leads the sufferers to continue an uncontrollable and self-destructive behaviour of game playing and recently becomes an extending serious problem all over the world. In order to take a proper attitude of gaming addiction, it’s necessary to understand the complex reasons of Gaming addiction from the subjective position of sufferers, the motivation factor, and the objective position of games, the attraction factor. This essay will state how motivation factor and attraction factor cause gaming addiction in the first and second part, and discuss why motivation factor contribute more rather than attraction factor. k19020939 https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/673511095 2020-08-09 16:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/673511095 Introduction jinyuanli https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/675178076 The popularization of the Internet in the 21st century has become the main driving force of social progress, the Internet plays an important role in improving work efficiency and facilitating daily life, and also provides Internet-based entertainment projects. Online game is one of the most popular entertainments, with more than one billion players in 2012 (Kuss, 2013, p.20). Although playing computer games moderately allows individuals to relax, addicted to online games, like other material addictions, could cause damage to personal physical and mental health and collapse of social relationships (Dean, 2020, p.13). Online gaming addiction generally determined by both attraction factors and motivation factors. This essay will claim that motivation factors such as loneliness and pressures in life of players lead to online gaming addiction, in addition, attractive rewards, special gaming experience and other attractive factors of online games also draw gamer to play excessively.]]> 2020-08-11 03:26:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahfletcher/fexfcf9z9b8n/wish/675178076