Gaming in relation to prosperity and democracy

I think that there are definitely ways that the information age will make a difference to democracy but i am not to sure that gaming can have an affect on this. I think that within the next 50 years people will be voting via some computer aided device, and the way that we can view all democratic issues will be looked at differently and broken down better via computers. I think that with the fact that there are now 24/7 news Channel's on the television has made a huge difference in democracy. Anything that is now an issue is now all over the news so that everyone can see. In the future i think that the Internet will start to play a bigger part to the way we look at everything, even bigger than it already has. I think that because of the Internet that no one will be able to not vote and the more detail in the analysis of everything that becomes provide because of the Internet will make sure every single aspect is not missed.

Final Project Thesis

Late Post From Yesterday

I have decided to investigate further into the possible educational, ethical and general effects of engaging in MMORPG play.

This is the thesis I plan on using:

"Although the potential for great benefit to the player in terms of education, ethical development and the ability to contribute to the community does indeed exist in many Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games, (MMORPGs), the true impact to the player is dependent both upon the proper and responsible usage by the player and the game's content itself.”

I feel like this has the potential of being a very interesting project. I am very interested in all of the various applications and uses that these games contribute, and I think that in order to maximize the benefits, we must understand how to engage in gameplay responsibly and safely.

topic

My topic for my paper is about world of warcraft. I wanted to know more about how it started, and how it became such a popular game. I had a hard time picking something for my paper, I didn't really have an intrest in some of the things we already talked about. But I figured if I did it on world of warcraft, I might get more insight to the game and better understand its popularity.

Research

I am going to do my essay on the use of online gaming in the school systems. I am interested to find out the just how much they increase children's academic levels. I am also curious to find out if there is high or low percentage of schools that participate in online gaming as a learning tool.

Topic of Game Research

My topic of choice would be to research the philosophical aspects of gaming. I would like to find out, especially, how (if in any way) gaming relates to moral philosophy within modern society. I feel that gaming can be philosophical in its own way. Furthermore, I think it may be used to relate to society and possibly facilitate change. This seems like a fairly new subject, so I'm not sure as to what I will find. Even if my thesis is proven to not be accurate, I hope to find some new information.

Research

I am doing my essay on the educational view of gaming. I am very interested in how gaming are used in the classroom and how children, statistically, learn when they are interacting with games. So far my research has come up with a lot of online curriculum and different programs that are available to teachers but I want to know why educators started to use gaming to teach.

Brief Description

The subject that I am going to research are the 6 myths of gaming and I chose this topic because there are always arguements about how violent games make you violent or games with sex makes you want to do more sexual things etc. But that is not the case.