The Effects of Online Game A Study On Online Game Addiction Among UNISEL S Shah Alam Campus Students

Running Head: The Effects of Online Game: A study on Online Game Addiction among
UNISEL’s Shah Alam Campus Students.
The Effects of Online Game: A study on Online Game Addiction among UNISEL’s
Shah Alam Campus Students
Muhammad Hafiz Abdul Hadi (3122010011)
Zulfadli Yusmar (3122000331)
Zulkarnaen Zainal Abidin (3122005561)
Dini Fadhli Najimuddin (3122000201)
Shamsul Naim Jefri (3122010731)
Diploma of Communication and Media
Universiti Selangor (UNISEL)
Shah Alam
TABLE OF CONTENT
1.0
INTRODUCTION
1.1
Background
1-2
1.2
Significance of Study
1.3
Problem Statement
Research Question
Scope of Study
2.0
THEORETICAL APPROACH
4-5
3.0
LITERATURE RIVIEW
5-9
4.0
METHODOLOGY
5.0
6.0
4.1
Research Method That Will Be Used To Acquire Data
4.2
Technique Used to Obtain Data And Analyzed The Data

9-10
FINDINGS
5.1
Demography
10-13
5.2
Experience Playing Online Video Game
14-18
5.3
Health Issue
18-21
5.4
Emotional Reaction During Playing Online Video Game
21-26
5.5
Reality and Relationship
27-31
5.6
Commitment
31-33
OBSERVATION
6.1 Respondent 1
33-35
6.2 Respondent 2
35-37
6.3 Respondent 3
37-39
6.4 Respondent 4
39-40
6.5 Respondent 5
40-41
7.0
CONCLUSION
41-47
8.0
RECOMMENDATION
47-49
9.0
REFERENCE
50-51
ABSTRACT
As the world nowadays is developing with advanced technology, the old school thing
was
forgotten by the new generation. There are several improper habits and behavior
with this
development which the researcher finds in a study on online game towards the doer.
The
study is to show how even an online video game can effects someone through various
aspect. Its purpose is to explore and identify online game addiction among UNISEL’s
Shah
Alam Campus Students. The aspects explored are the experience and commitment to
playing online video game, the gamers health issues, the inconsistent emotional
reaction
during playing online video games and reality versus fantasy realization that is
shown due to
reduction of social interaction which eventually affect the gamers relationship
with others.
Nevertheless, playing online video games is one of the common activities that
people
do for their leisure times. Online video games can be defined as the technology
that allow
player to play a games as a party. Most of the online video games that we have
today are
using internet as their platform. There are so many types of genre for online video
games.
For example of the genre are strategy, action, adventure, simulation, sport, and
role-playing.
This type of genre has different concept with one objective, to created fun towards
their
player regardless of their ages.
In order to study this matter, the researcher had conduct two methods which are
based on questionnaire and observation in terms of their demographic, experience,
health,
emotional reaction, surrounding relationship, and their commitment in life. The
finding will
help others to reduce their addiction towards the online game and become a normal
person.
It also can be used to find the problem occurring among online video game addiction
and
possibly creating a solution to overcome this phenomenon whilst discovering new
outcomes.
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND
Oxford dictionary (2014) defined effect as a change that is a result or consequence
of an
action or other cause while Cambridge dictionary (2014) defined effect as the
result of a
particular influence. The definition of addiction according to the Oxford
dictionary (2014) is
the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance or activity.
Other definition
defined addiction as the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to
something that is
psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that
its cessation
causes severe trauma.
Online video game is defined as a video game played over some form of computer
network. This network is usually the internet or equivalent technology, but games
have
always used whatever technology was current for example modems before the Internet,
and
hard wired terminals before modems. Online gaming is also a technology rather than
a
genre that it is a mechanism for connecting players together rather than a
particular pattern
of gameplay. 1
In this new era of technology, online gaming has become more popular among
teenager as it can be played whether on smartphone, tablet or computer. As it
become
accessible almost anywhere at any time, all range of age are now possible to be
addicted
into playing online video game which at the end of the day they become less care
about
themselves, their performance at school or workplace and their social life. In
addition to that,
player can also now access their game progress anywhere they went as most of the
online
gaming nowadays enable player to store and save their data on cloud storage.
Several types of online gaming are massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) and
massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPGs) which involves millions
player
playing the game at the same time. Online game are now also come in many genre such
as
action, adventure, simulator and many more. Some of the online gaming that are
popular
1 Rollings, Andrew; Adams, Ernest (2006). Fundamentals of Game Design.
http://wps.prenhall.com/bp_gamedev_1/54/14053/3597646.cw/index.html Prentice Hall.
Retrieved September 12,
2014.
among teenagers nowadays is Dota, Clash of Clan and Hay Day. The total of daily
active
player in Dota 2 is 800, 000 concurrent users 2 and almost 8.5 million users have
registered
in Clash of Clan and also Hay Day combined. 3 There are actually several cases
involve a teen
die while playing online game in China and as a result their government has built a
facility
where parent can send their children to overcome online gaming addiction.
Some claimed that playing online gaming is one way to release stress and fill your
free time. While some said that too much game can affect one's mind and attitude.
For
example, people who play games are constantly feeling tired. When someone is more
likely
to spend more time in playing online game, some of them may end up with being
addicted
to it. Friends and surrounding environment plays a big part in influencing us
towards playing
online game as the city with better internet connection and easy access to computer
will
make it easier for the people to gain the access to online game.
In addition to that, some of the games developers today try to gain profit by
create a
system where the players must use their real money to help them doing mission, gain
specialty and advantage in these games. In London recently, there was cases
reported
where the mother of a 12-year-old boy is facing a £7,000 or RM36, 666 bills after
he
inadvertently spent the money playing a popular online game on his phone.
In Malaysia,
more and more people are now lead to spend money in online gaming as they can get
debit
card easier and some of the young player tend to steal their parent money using
their credit
card.
The independent variable for this research is the age of the respondent, the
gender,
the course they are taking and also the university they study. The age of the
respondent is
set from the age of 18 until 24 years old. The resplendent will be those who are
from Faculty
of Communication and Media, Universiti Selangor. The dependent variable in this
research
2 Hing, David (June 2, 2014). "DOTA 2 prize pool passes $8m".
http://www.bittech.net/news/gaming/2014/06/02/dota-2-prize-pool-passes-8m/1 Bit-
tech. Retrieved on September 10, 2014.
3 Warner, Bernhard (May 2, 2013). "Finland's Supercell mobile games with
megaprofits".
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-02/finlands-supercell-mobile-games-
with-megaprofits
Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved on September 10, 2014.
4 Stewart, Christopher S. (13 January 2010). "Obsessed with the Internet: A Tale
from China". Wired Magazine.
5 Dean Rousewell (August 29, 2014). “Boy runs up £7,000 bill for his mum playing
mobile phone game Clash of
Clans”. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/boy-runs-up-
7000-bill4131364#ixzz3D4uGnu6Z Daily Mirror. Retrieved on September 12, 2014.
will be the environment that the respondent live by, their level of education,
their financial
status and the time they spend on playing online video game.
1.2 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
There is several significance from the research that have been conducted which is
to
overcome all the problem that arise among the gamers from becoming more worst in
the
future;
•
To control the attitude and behavior of the online gamers.
To avoid them from influence.
To make them be more responsible in their life.
To improve their social interaction in surrounding.
To reduce their obsession towards the online games.
To improve their healthy lifestyle.
1.3 PROBLEM STATEMENT

The internet is now possible to be accessed in throughout the world and it has
opens up a
whole other world, the world that most of us spend hours and hours browsing whether
weekly or daily. Using internet, it gives us access to network that provide faster
services
such as email, chat rooms, webs and also playing video game is now possible via
online.
From the rapid growth of internet connection, there are some of the problem that
exists and
some of them are:
•
It became a phenomenon in our surrounding which people nowadays are too

focusing with their gadget playing online games rather than chatting with others.
It can be neither men nor female students can be affected with the existence of
online
video game.
With the advance technology nowadays, people are getting easy to do anything such
as playing video game via online.
To recognize the potential online video game addiction symptoms among the
students based on the data collected from the study.
Online gaming is popular among teenager now days and people often get addicted
when playing online video game.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTION
Based from the observation, the effect of online gaming will be the core of the
researchers’
research. The researchers would like to monitor the behavior of the respondent
which is the
students of Universiti Selangor (UNISEL) Shah Alam. For example, how often do they
play
online games and how is their sleeping pattern and to find out whether is there any
way that
their health condition could be affected by playing online video game.
Their relationship with family and friends is another thing to could look at. Are
they
communicating between one another? Just what drove them to online gaming and the
financial they put into it. When choosing a game, are they certain factors to look
at and the
platform to use when online gaming. These will our guide in the research.
1.5 SCOPE OF STUDY
The scope of this study will include addiction and effect of online game. The study
will be
conducted through a specific time of October 2014 – November 2014. The targeted
respondents of this research are the university’s student from the age of 18 to 24
years old.
The respondents of this research are specifically student that only play online
game. They
are the students of Diploma and Degree in Shah Alam Campus.
2.0 THEORETICAL APPROACH
There are many theories that can be related with this research. One of the theories
that can
be used to help us on learning the behaviour of students in UNISEL Shah Alam
towards
online video game is behavioural change theories which used to explain why the
humans’
behaviours change. These theories claimed that personal, behavioural
characteristics and
environmental as the main factors in behavioural determination. The interest of
these
theories has been increased in the application in daily life such as in the areas
of health,
education, criminology, energy and international development. This theory is
important in
this research to prove whether people change their behaviour is because of their
environment, their education level or other factor? This theory is also expected to
explain
the effect of online video games had towards the life of the students in UNISEL
Shah Alam.
John B. Watson (1913) said that behaviours can be measured, trained, and changed.
Behaviourism, also known as behavioural psychology, is a theory of learning based
upon the
idea that all behaviours are acquired through conditioning. Conditioning occurs
through
interaction with the environment. Behaviourists believe that our responses to
environmental
stimuli shape our behaviours. The researcher can relate this phenomenon with the
respondent background such as from where they come from whether from rural area or
from urban area. This is important in this research because the researcher want to
find out
whether respondents environment will affect their behaviour toward online game.
3.0 LITERITURE REVIEW
Some of us may make a statement that addiction of playing video game is one of the
modern- day psychological disorders and some of us are disagree with that
statement.
Based on the research done by the America Psychiatrist Association (APA) in May
2003
conclude that addiction of playing video game is not mental disorder due to the
insufficient
evidence to include it as an official mental disorder. However, proposed criteria
for "Internet
Gaming Disorder" are included in Section 3, Conditions for Further Study.
While Internet Gaming Disorder is proposed as a disorder, it is still discussed how
much this disorder is caused by the gaming activity itself, or whether it is to
some extent an
effect of other disorders. Research suggests that excessive online gaming may in
extreme
cases lead to symptoms commonly experienced by substance addicts, namely salience,
mood modification, craving, and tolerance (Wolfling, Grusser and Thalemann, 2008;
Young,
2009; Hsu, Wen and Wu, 2009; Ko et al., 2009; Mehroof and Griffiths, 2010)
Based on the study done by Chin-Sheng Wan, M.S. and Wen-Bin Chiou (2006), 6
majority of their respondent that is teenagers in Taiwan showed strong interests in
roleplaying of online game, in which they often do things that they dare not to do
in real life.
This is believed due to the fact that in an anonymous environment, online game
players tend
to use their nickname rather than their real. In their paper, they also conclude
that those
who are addicted to the Internet might attempt to escape from the limitations
brought by
real life in order to obtain the space for survival and security.
In addition to that, their research also indicates that online gaming brings an
anonymous environment with lower public self-awareness, and allows players to stop
concentrating on the self- consciousness in order to prevent becoming overly-
worried about
what other people would judge the way they act in front of others. At the conscious
level
addicted players might seek self- presentation in an anonymous, relaxing, and
secure space,
6 Chin-Sheng Wan, M.S. , Wen-Bin Chiou. Why Are Adolescents Addicted to Online
Gaming?
An Interview Study in Taiwan. Cyber Psychology & Behavior. Volume 9, Number 6,
2006. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
but unconsciously, they might actually have an unsatisfied need for self-
presentation due to
their poor self-image in real life.
In research done to understand the Generations Online in 2009 by Sydney Jones and
Susannah Fox (2009) 7, they explained that generation Y is a young adults generally
18- 32
years old who grew up in the Information Age and they also be dubbed as the ‘Net
Generation’. But, while these “digital natives” may be savvier with their gadgets
and more
keen on new uses of technology, their elders in Generation X, the Baby Boomers and
older
generations tend to dominate internet use in other areas.
In their research they claimed that the most groups of age to use the internet for
entertainment and for communicating with friends and family is the teens and
generation Y.
They are more likely to seek entertainment through online videos, online games and
many
more. These groups of age are also more likely than older users to read other
people’s blogs
and to write their own, as they like to use social networking sites and to create
profiles on
those sites. Younger internet users are often to use personal blogs to update
friends on their
lives, and they use social networking sites to keep track of and communicate with
friends.
From the survey they make, they conclude that teen internet users’ favorite online
activity is game playing which is 78% of 12- 17 year old internet users play games
online,
compared with 73% of online teens who email, the second most popular activity for
this age
group. Online teens are also significantly more likely to play games than any other
generation, including Generation Y, only half (50%) of whom play online games. This
research shows that most of the internet user nowadays spends their time online
with
playing online video game.
In other study done by Eun Joo Kim, Kee Namkoong, Taeyun Ku and Se Joo Kim
8
(2008) , they want to investigate the connection between online game addiction and
selfcontrol, aggression and narcissistic personality traits, which are known as the
psychological
characteristics linked to “at-risk” populations for online game addiction. They
find out that
7 J. Sydney, F. Susannah. Generations Online in 2009. Pew Internet & American Life
Project. 2009. Pew Research
Center.
8 Eun Joo Kim, Kee Namkoong, Taeyun Ku, Se Joo Kim. The Relationship between Online
Game Addiction and
Aggression, Self-Control and Narcissistic Personality Traits. European Psychiatry -
April 2008 (Vol. 23, Issue 3,
Pages 212-218
that aggression and narcissistic personality traits are positively correlated with
online game
addiction, whereas self-control is negatively correlated with online game
addiction. In
addition, a multiple regression analysis revealed that the extent of online game
addiction
could be predicted based on the person's narcissistic personality traits,
aggression, selfcontrol, interpersonal relationship, and occupation.
However, only 20% of the variance in behavioral consequences was explained with
the model. Based on their study, they suggest that certain psychological
characteristics such
as aggression, self-control, and narcissistic personality traits may predispose
some
individuals to become addicted to online games. This result will deepen our
understanding of
the “at-risk” population for online game addiction and provide basic information
that can
contribute to developing a prevention program for people who are addicted to online
games.
Dongseong Choi and Jinwoo Kim in 2004 propose that theoretical model using the
concepts of customer loyalty, flow, personal interaction and social interaction to
explain why
people continue to play online network games 9 . The study then conducts a large-
scale
survey to validate the model. Finally, it analyzes current online games to identify
design
features that are closely related to the theoretical concepts.
The results indicate that people continue to play online games if they have optimal
experiences while playing the games. This optimal experience can be attained if the
player
has effective personal interaction with the system or pleasant social interactions
with other
people connected to the Internet. Personal interaction can be facilitated by
providing
appropriate goals, operators and feedback; social interaction can be facilitated
through
appropriate communication places and tools. This paper ends with the implications
of
applying the study results to other domains such as e-commerce and cyber
communities.
Some researchers claim that teenagers choose online gaming as a way or method to
cope with daily problem and stress 10. Online gaming can also become a
dysfunctional mediafocused coping strategy (Thalemann, 2009). It is reported that
this is similar to how
9 Dongseong Choi, Jinwoo Kim (2004). Why People Continue To Play Online Games: In
Search of Critical Design
Factors to Increase Customer Loyalty to Online Contents. Cyber Psychology &
Behavior. Volume 7, Number 1,
2004. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
10 Kuss, D. J., & Griffiths, M. D. (2012). Online Gaming Addiction In Children And
Adolescents: A Review Of
Empirical Research. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 1(1), 3-22.
teenagers react towards frustration and stresses (Wölfling, Thalemann, & Grüsser,
2008).
For example, problematic gamers will indeed show off emotions like anger,
depression and
frustration. But it’s not all bad, problematic gamers can show positive emotions
depending
on the outcome of the game. This seems particularly problematic because those
teenagers
who play online games excessively are likely to develop a healthy lifestyle because
they are
constantly playing online games instead of occupying themselves with school,
friends and
family.
Therefore, their psychosocial development may be significantly impaired. The
consistent blocking out of and passive coping with stressful experiences is a
strategy that
may be successful in the short-term. However, from a long-term perspective, it may
not
work quite as well and could have deadly consequences. In this case, it appears
more likely
that once new stressors appear, teenagers continue to use escapist and media-
focused
coping mechanisms.
In United Kingdom, the research done by David Rudd (2011)
11
stated that the
addiction in playing online game is believed to drive someone to extreme

circumstances so
much so that from some evidence demonstrated parents tend to believe that their
child is in
a position where their health and future is a worry. While the health could be an
issue due
to lack of exercise but failing to adhere to education and lack of future job
prospects has no
strong solid evidence to indicate this is a true thus have no findings about the
matter.
Other than that, social networking sites like Facebook have a good history of
allowing
young people to gain information and access to various other educational idea’s and
games
that have some underlying educational traits that may or may not be meant to be
viewed
like that but me personally to use a game like Farmville to give any sort of
educational
foothold for a young person would not be of importance as could we honestly say
that what
you could give to a young person in that time wouldn’t be better spent giving them
a proper
foundation for understanding.
Using World of Warcraft (WoW) as an example, David Rudd said that WoW is designed
to
gives a very vast gaming experience but at the same time making sure the gamer has
continuous
content to take part in to keep the gamer played their game. Lastly, from the
aspect social of the
11 R. David. (2011) An Investigation Into The Effects Of Online Gaming On Young
People And Children.
Multiplayer Online Games Design. Staffordshire University
game, it is a very addictive part of the game with being able to always find a
“guild” that is of similar
strength, ability and direction as the young person themselves so thus will keep
the player coming
back to even chat to virtual friends within the game.
Based on the literature review that has been done, this paper will find out what is
the
attitude of UNISEL’s student had towards online game and to investigate the reason
why
they play online game. It is hypothesized that those who are spend more time
playing online
video game will be addicted and affect their lifestyle.
4.0 METHODOLGY
4.1 RESEARCH METHOD THAT WILL BE USED TO ACQUIRE DATA
As this research purpose is to understand the behavior and attitude of the students
in
UNISEL Shah Alam towards online game, the researcher have decided to use
qualitative
research method to collect and analyze the data received. According to the
Qualitative
Research Consultants Association (QRCA) website, qualitative research is designed
to reveal
the respondent’s range of behavior and the perceptions that drive it with reference
to
specific topics or issues. Thus by using qualitative research method, the
researcher wanted
to find out the attitude and behavior of the students who are playing online video
game. The
reason why the researcher not using quantitative research method is because this
research
is not to find out how many but to know what, why and how the phenomena occur.
4.2 TECHNIQUE USED TO OBTAIN DATA
Questionnaire containing questions about the respondent demography, experience in
playing
online video game and several other aspects are being asked in order to achieve the
goal of
this research. The data collected will be primarily for those who are playing
online video
game only as this research is to find out the effect of online video game in
students daily life.
As the population sample for the whole population in UNISEL Shah Alam, a total of
40 students of UNISEL Shah Alam will be picked randomly by the researcher to answer
the
questionnaire. A total of 40 questionnaires will be distributed from November 6,
2014 until
November 13, 2014. The research instrument that will be used by the researcher is
survey
paper or questionnaire and also observation. The researcher chooses survey paper
than
online survey due to the fact that people may be more likely to fill in paper
surveys than
online surveys. The data collection is estimated to be done on October 30, 2014.
The data that the researchers obtained will be analyzed on November 14, 2014 until
November 26, 2014. The researcher will be using Microsoft Excel to process the data
and
the finding will be presented and explained in percentage, charts and also table.
The
researcher will be also explaining the findings from the observations that have
been done.
5.0 FINDINGS
On November 6, 2014 until November 13, 2014, located in UNISEL Shah Alam campus
area,
the researcher has distributed a total of 40 questionnaires to 40 respondents. The
respondent was picked anonymously and they were asked to answer all the question in
the
questionnaire that was gave to them. Out of 40 respondents, 6 of them are admitted
that
they never played an online video game. Thus the researchers only choose to use the
data
collected from 34 respondents.
5.1 DEMOGRAHPY
Gender
GENDER
Male
Female
38%
Male
21
Female
13
62%
The pic chart above showed the gender of the respondent that the researcher
received.
Total of 62% or 21 of the respondent are male while 38% or 13 of them is female.
Age
0%
44%
56%
18-20 years
old
21-24 years
old
AGE
18 – 20 years old
19
21 – 24 years old
15
>25 years old
0
Among 34 of the respondents, 15 (44%) of them are in the age of 21 – 24 years old
while none of them are above 25 years old. Majority of the respondent are from the
age
range of 18 – 20 years old.
Academic Level
ACADEMIC LEVEL
15%
Diploma
Degree
Diploma
29
Degree
85%
From the data received, majority of the respondent which is 29 or 85% of them are
the students in Diploma level. The remaining 5 or 15% of them are students in
degree level.
Faculty
0%
6%
FCM
21%
FOB
FAD
73%
FBHS
FACULTY
FCM
25
FOB
FAD
FBHS
There was a total of 4 faculties in Universiti Selangor (UNISEL) Shah Alam which is
Faculty of Communication and Media (FCM), Faculty of Business (FOB), Faculty of Art
and
Design (FAD) and lastly Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences (FBHS). Among 34
of the
respondent, none of them are from Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences (FBHS)
while
only 2 (6%) of the respondent are from Faculty of Art and Design (FAD). A total of
25 (73%)
of the respondent are from Faculty of Communication and Media (FCM). The remaining
7
(21%) of the respondent are from Faculty of Business (FOB).
Gadget Owned
13%
GADGET OWNED
36%
Computer
Computer
23
Handphone
Hand phone
32
Tablet
Tablet
51%
The questionnaire also asked the respondent to choose which gadgets that they
owned and they are allow to choose more than one gadget. As a result, most of the
respondent which is 32 or 51% of them owned a hand phone followed by computer which
owned by 23 or 36% of the respondent. Only 8 or 13% of the respondent owned a
tablet.
Owned Debit/ Credit Card
OWNED DEBIT/
38%
Yes
No
62%
CREDIT CARD
Yes
21
No
13
As shown of the pie chart above, 62% or 21 of our respondent owned a debit or
credit card while only 13 or 38% of them doesn’t have debit or credit card. This is
an
important question to study on how the advance of banking technology nowadays
helped
the students on spending their money in online gaming or not. The researcher asked
this
question to the respondent in question number 17 in the questionnaire.
Have Internet Access at Home

9%
Yes
HAVE INTERNET
No
ACCESS AT HOME
91%
Yes
31
No
The researcher also asked the respondent in the questionnaire whether they have
access to the internet at home or not and most of respondent which is 31 or 91% of
them
answered yes while the remaining 3 or 9% of them answered no.
Age Exposed to the

Internet
3% 3%
AGE EXPOSED TO
THE INTERNET
41%
53%
1-5 years old
1-5 years old
6-12 years old
18
6-12 years old
13-20 years old
14
13-20 years old
>21 years old
1
>21 years old
The last question in the questionnaire that was asked by the researcher to the
respondent are the age when they was exposed to the internet. There was 1 (3%) of
the
respondent answered between the age of 1-5 years old and another 1 (3%) of the
respondent answered they were exposed to the internet when their age is above 21
years
old. A total of 18 (53%) answered between the age of 6-12 years old and 14 (41%) of
them answered the age between 13-20 years old.
5.2 EXPERIENCE PLAYING ONLINE VIDEO GAME
There are several parts in the question that have been asked by the researcher and
one of it
is the experience of the gamers about the online game. The first question on this
part is to
get know whether the respondents are playing video games or not.
Do you play online video game?

0%
Do you play online

video game?
Yes
Yes
34
No
No
100%
Based on chart above, the feedback that the researcher get back from the
respondents are positively they play online video game which is totally 100% or 34
of the
respondent.
Do you like to play online video game?

0%
Do you like to play

Yes
No
online video game?

Yes
34
No
100%
Continue with how many of them are get into the video game, the researcher asked
whether they like to play online game or not. This is because have some that play
online
video game but not really like it. In this research, the researcher get 100% or 34
of them
were answering yes.
How many days per week you spend

on online video game?
How many days per week

you spend on online
video game?
15%
38%
38%
6 - 7 days
6 – 7 days
13
4 - 5 days
4 – 5 days
2 - 3 days
2 – 3 days
13
1 day
1 days
9%
To study the addiction of the respondents with online video game, the researcher
had asked them about how many days they spent per week on online video game. A
total of
13 (38%) of the respondent choose 6-7 days per week and the same amount of
respondent
which is 13 (38%) of the respondent answered 2-3. Only 3 (9%) and 5 (15%) of the
respondent answered 4-5 days followed by 1 days respectively.
How many hours per day you spend

12%
68%
you spend on online
0%
20%
How many hours per day
video game?
19 - 24 hour
19-24 hour
13 - 18 hour
13-18 hour
7 - 12 hour
7-12 hour
1 - 6 hour
1-6 hour
23
The other questions asked by the researcher are how many hours the respondent
spent their time on online game and the highest answer are 1-6 hours per day which
is 23
respondent equal to 68%. Second highest is 7 or 20% of respondent that are playing
online
video game for 7-12 hours per day follow by 4 or 12% of them playing within 19-24
hours
per day while none of them are playing for 13-18 hours.
What gadget do you use to play

online video game?
What gadget do you use to
play online video game?
12%
35%
53%
Computer
18
Handphone
Hand phone
27
Tablet
Tablet
Computer
Other than that, the researcher also would like to know what gadget they used to
play online game and there are 3 options for the respondent to choose which they
can
answer more than one of the option. From the answer given, the highest vote of
gadget use
by the respondent are hand phone which is 27 answer or 53%. The researcher believes
that
hand phone are the easier gadget for them to play the online game and for sure
majority of
students nowadays have their own hand phone. Another two gadgets are computer and
tablet which a few used is tablet with 6 answer or 12% while 18 answer or 35% are
using
computer.
How many online video games you

normally play?
How many online video

games you normally play?
6% 0%
1-2 game
21
3-4 game
11
5 - 6 game
5-6 game
More than 7
More than 7
1 - 2 game
3 - 4 game
32%
62%
Besides that, the researcher also asked about how many online games that the
respondents play currently. Majority of the respondents are play 1-2 game which are
21
answer or 62% following the smallest answer 5-6 game got 2 or 6% and more than 7
games are 0. The rest are 3-4 game which is 11 answer or 32% of them.
When do you normally play online

video game?
When do you normally play

online video game?
8%
31%
Morning
17%
Afternoon
Night
Midnight
44%
Morning
Afternoon
11
Night
29
Midnight
20
The researcher also asked when the respondents playing the on online video game
that have four option which are morning, afternoon, night and midnight. This is to
survey
when is the most time they spent to playing online video game. From the feedback
that
researcher receives, the times answered by the respondents are night which is 29 or
44%
following by midnight with 20 answer or 31%. In the afternoon, there are only 11
answer or
17% while in the morning just 5 or 8% of them.
Do you prefer playing games alone

or with friends?
Do you prefer playing
games alone or with
friends?
41%
59%
Alone
Alone
20
Friend
Friend
14
As shown in the pie chart above, it is two type of the gamers either they would
like
to play alone or with their friends. From the answer given by the respondent,
majority of
them prefer to playing alone rather than playing with their friends. The quantity
of the
respondent that prefer playing online is about 20 or 59% while playing with friends
only 14
or 41% of them.
Do you pay a subscription on online

video game?
Do you pay a subscription
9%
Yes
No
Yes
No
31
91%
Finally, the last question in this part is asking whether the respondent pay a
subscription on online video game or not and majority of the respondents answer no
which
is 31 answer or 91% of them. The number of answer yes in only 3 or 9% of them which
make the researcher conclude that might be the respondent is a students and don’t
have
enough money to do so.
5.3 HEALTH ISSUE
In this part, the question is about health issue. It is to survey whether the
gamers are
practice a healthy lifestyle or not.
Do you ever stay up just to play

online video game?
Do you ever stay up just to

play online video game?
Yes
35%
No
Yes
22
No
12
65%
From the pie chart above, the researcher was asking whether the respondent ever
stay up just to play online video game or not and surprisingly the answer yes is
majority
which is 22 answer or 65% of them. This show one of unhealthy lifestyle that is not
good to
our life. The amount of no’s in this question is 12 or 35% of the respondent.
Do you hold off going to the

toilet when you are playing
online video game?
Do you hold off going to the

toilet when you are playing
online video game?
Yes
41%
No
Yes
20
No
14
59%
Other than that, the researcher also asked them whether they hold off going to the
toilet or not when they are playing game. There are 20 or 59% of them are answer
yes
following with answer no is about 14 or 41% of them. This is also not good for our
health
which may harm our urinary bladder system.
Do you ever skip meals just to

finish your online game?
Do you ever skip meals just
to finish your online game?
44%
56%
Yes
No
Yes
15
No
19
Besides that, the researcher also asked them about their meals taken. Have some of
the gamers will skip their meals just to concentrate with their game or will finish
their game
before take a meals. This is also one of the unhealthy habits that will make our
body feel
tired because lack of energy from foods. From the answer given, 19 or 56% of them
answered no while 15 or 44% of them answered yes. Although the answer yes is less
than
no, it’s still a big amount of number that we need to take seriously.
Do you feel dizzy while playing

online video game?
Do you feel dizzy while

playing online video
game?
26%
Yes
Yes
No
25
No
74%
Lastly before a narrative question in this part, the researcher would like to know
whether the respondents feel dizzy or not while playing the online video game. The
result
shows the respondents that answer no is about 25 or 74% while answer yes is only 9
or
26% of them. Thus, this shows that the dizzy problem no needs to be worry because
less of
them feel that during playing game.
What do you feel when you lose in the

online video game?
What do you feel when
you lose in the online
32%
Positive Response
Negative Response
video game?
Positive Response
Negative Response
31
68%
For this question, the researcher has collect variety of data from the 34
respondents.
Hence, the researcher has divided the data into 2 classes. There are Positive (+)
and
Negative (-) group.
The first group which is negative group are consist of any answer that described
the
respondent as sad, frustrated, depressed, emotional nor angry until they become
more
aggressive. From the data that has been collected, the researcher find out that
most of the
respondent, which is totally 23 people did not happy when they lose the game. When
they
losing, the respondent tend to do something bad such as scold or beat people around
them.
The second group which is positive groups has totally 11 of respondents. These
respondents
stated that they didn’t feel any sort of negative feeling such as angry or stress
if they lose in
the online games. Otherwise, the respondent claimed that they don’t really mind to
start
over because they enjoy and having fun playing these online games.
5.4 EMOTIONAL REACTION DURING PLAYING ONLINE VIDEO GAME
I feel frustrated when I cannot play

video games
15%
I feel frustrated when I
15%
cannot play video games

Strongly Agree
Strongly Agree
Neutral
Neutral
24
Strongly Disagree
Strongly Disagree
70%
From the data that has been collected by the researcher, most of the respondents
which are totally 24 (70%) choose to be neutral when been asked whether they feel
frustrated when the respondent cannot play the video games. Meanwhile the other 10
(30%) of the respondents, give a balance data which is 5 (15%) of them feel
frustrated and
the other 5 (15%) claimed that they didn’t feel frustrated if they cannot play the
video
games.
I feel that I adjust my life more to

video games.
6%
I feel that I adjust my life

more to video games.
38%
56%
Strongly Agree
Strongly Agree
Neutral
Neutral
19
Strongly Disagree
Strongly Disagree
13
The researcher tries to find out whether the respondents that participate in this
questionnaire
adjust their life more to video games. For this question, the researcher has
made an expectation that the most of the respondent adjust their life more to video
games.
However after the researcher collect the data, 13 (38%) of the respondent disagree
that
they adjust their life more to video games. Just 2 (6%) of the respondents claimed
that they
play the video games too much until they adjust their life more to video games. The
remaining of the respondent which is 19 (56%) chooses to stay neutral after been
asked.
If the data on the game is lost, I

will restart and play the game
from beginning
If the data on the game is

lost, I will restart and play
18%
26%
the game from beginning

Strongly Agree
Neutral
Strongly Disagree
56%
Strongly Agree
Neutral
19
Strongly Disagree
The next question that has been asked by the researcher is did the respondent
willing to play the games from the beginning if the game’s data lost or deleted.
About 9
(26%) of the respondents are willing to start over playing the games from the
beginning if
the game’s data was corrupted. Meanwhile 6 (18%) of the respondents choose to not
play
back the games if their data was lost. This is happened because of few reasons. One
of the
reasons is they all too lazy and frustrated to start over and play the games after
make a
progression through the game. They may try to find and play another game. The
remaining
19 (56%) of the respondents choose neutral for this question.
I am easily get addicted with video

games.
I am easily get addicted
24%
23%
Strongly Agree
with video games.
Neutral
Strongly Agree
Strongly Disagree
Neutral
18
Strongly Disagree
53%
The researcher asked another question to the respondent whether they all easily get
addicted to video games. After the data has been collected, 8 (23%) of the
respondents
agree that they easily get addicted with video games especially if the games are
fun to play.
However, another 8 (24%) of the respondent claimed that they not really easily get
addicted
with video games. They only play certain types or genre of video games. Meanwhile
18
(53%) choose to stay neutral.
Other people are easily get addicted

with video games.
3%
Other people are easily get

addicted with video
26%
Strongly Agree
Neutral
71%
Strongly Disagree
games.
Strongly Agree
Neutral
24
Strongly Disagree
After the researcher asked about the respondent themselves whether they easily get
addicted with video games, the researcher want to know from the respondent did
other
people are easily get addicted with video games as they do. 9 (26%) of the
respondent
agree that other people may easily addicted with the video games as the respondent
do.
The chance to become addicted with video games will be higher if the other people
know
and enjoy playing the games. Only 1 (3%) of the respondent did not agree about
other
people are easily get addicted with video games. Meanwhile 24 (71%) of the
respondents
choose neutral as their answer.
Players in general are at risk of

being addicted to online gaming.
3%
Players in general are at

risk of being addicted to
21%
online gaming.
Strongly Agree
Neutral
Strongly Disagree
76%
Strongly Agree
Neutral
26
Strongly Disagree
Next, the researcher has asked about player in general are at risk of being
addicted
to online gaming to the respondent. After the data has been collected, the
researcher has
find out that 7 (21%) of the respondent strongly agree that anyone play video games
are
generally at risk of being addicted to online gaming. Just like previous question,
only 1 (3%)
of the respondents didn’t think that player in general are at risk of being
addicted to online
gaming. Another 26 (76%) of the respondents choose neutral for this question.
I have friends that I regard to be

addicted to gaming.
to be addicted to gaming.
6%
Strongly Agree
41%
I have friends that I regard
53%
Neutral
Strongly Disagree
Strongly Agree
18
Neutral
14
Strongly Disagree
People can release their tension in many ways. One of the ways is playing games.
However there are negative thing about playing online game. It can give an effect
to
player’s physical, productivity, health, money and social relation. Hence, the
researcher
asked whether the respondent have friends that they regard to be addicted to
gaming. From
the question, 18 (53%) of the respondent claimed that they have friends that they
regard to
be addicted to gaming. Only 2 (6%) of the respondent didn’t agree and denied that
they
have friends that they regard to be addicted to gaming and another 14 (53%) choose
neutral as their answer.
If I have a lot of friends playing a

particular online game, I will have
a greater tendency to play that
game.
If I have a lot of friends

playing a particular online
game, I will have a greater
tendency to play that
game.
6%
44%
Strongly Agree
Neutral
Strongly Disagree
50%
Strongly Agree
15
Neutral
17
Strongly Disagree
The researcher asked to the respondent whether they may try to play a particular
online
game if there are a lot people or friends play those games. After the data has been
collected,
the researcher find out that 15 (44%) of the respondents agreed that they has a
greater
tendency to play a particular online games if there are a lot people playing those
games. For
them, it will be more fun if the respondent can play games with their friends. Only
2 (6%) of
the respondent disagree about this. At the same times, 17 (50%) of the respondent
choose
to be neutral in this scenario.
The advertisers' sales pitches (seller’s

presentation of the game) attract me
to play the game in the first place.
The advertisers' sales

pitches (seller’s
presentation of the
game) attract me to
15%
15%
play the game in the

Strongly Agree
first place.
Neutral
Strongly Agree
Strongly Disagree
Neutral
24
Strongly Disagree
70%
There are so many types of advertisement with different presentation that has been
created by the advertisers’ sales pitches in order to get an attention from the
players. Some
of them show a video how enjoyable and challenging the games can be. Besides that,
they
also will try to encourage the players to play their games by using high quality of
graphic for
their games. So, for this times the researcher asked the respondents is the
presentation of
the games itself can attract the respondent to play the games. Based on the data
has been
collected, 5 (15%) of the respondents agree that this things is one of the reason
for them to
play a particular games.
The catchier the presentation, then there lot of the respondent may try to play
these
games. However, 5 (15%) of the respondent claimed that the presentation of the game
itself will not affect them to play it. Another 24 (70%) of the respondent choose
neutral for
their answer.
I keep on playing online games just to
wait for an expansion (add-on to the
original game).
I keep on playing online
games just to wait for an
15%
18%
expansion (add-on to the

Strongly Agree
original game).
Neutral
Strongly Agree
Strongly Disagree
Neutral
23
Strongly Disagree
67%
About 6 (18%) of the respondents claimed that they just keep on playing online
games
because they are waiting for an expansion pack from the previous games that they
played.
This can be happened especially when the games is great and suitable toward the
respondents. Another 5 (15%) of the respondent strongly disagree when they been
asked
whether they keep on playing online games just to wait for an expansion. Meanwhile
23
(67%) of the respondents keep neutral for this question.
5.5 REALITY AND RELATIONSHIP
I prefer playing online video games

rather than hanging out with my
family during weekend.
3%
18%
video games rather than

hanging out with my
family during weekend.
Strongly Agree
9%
Agree
35%
35%
I prefer playing online
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
12
Disagree
12
Strongly Disagree
About 1 (3%) and 3 (9%) of the respondent agree that they prefer playing online
video games rather than hanging out with their family during weekend. There is an
equal
number on how many of the respondents disagree and how many of the respondents
choose neutral about the statement that they prefer playing online video games
rather than
spending quality time with their family. Both are tied at 12 or 35% each. While the
remaining 6 (18%) strongly disagree.
I prefer playing online video games

rather than hanging out with my
friends during weekend.
0%
21%
video games rather than

hanging
out with my
friends during weekend.

18%
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
29%
I prefer playing online
32%
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
11
Disagree
10
Strongly Disagree
A total of 11 or 32% of the respondent choose neutral about statement they more
prefer spending more time on online video games rather than hanging out with their
friends
because some play online video games with their friends during the weekends. In a
way,
they are hanging out via internet. Also, a good amount of the respondents which is
about 10
(29%) disagree with this and prefer hanging out with their friends.
During free time, I
During free time, I rather play online

video games than socializing with other
people.
rather
play
video
games
online
socializing
12%
9%
9%
23%
with
Strongly Agree
other people.
Agree
Strongly Agree
Neutral
Agree
Disagree
Neutral
16
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
4
Strongly Disagree
47%
than
From the data received, 16 of the respondents (47%) say it’s neutral when it comes
to playing online video games than socializing people. A total of 8 (23%) and 3
(9%) of the
respondents agree with this while the remaining 3 (9%) and 4 (12) are against this
one.
When I am with my friends or my

family, I will focus more on online
video games rather than socializing.
26%
or my family, I will focus

more on online video
3%
21%
When I am with my friends
games rather than

15%
35%
Strongly Agree
socializing.
Agree
Strongly Agree
Neutral
Agree
Disagree
Neutral
12
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
9
Strongly Disagree
When with family or friends, 12 or 35% of the respondent claimed that they will an
focus both on online video games and socializing. A total of 9 (26%) and 7 (21%) of
the
respondent disagree, saying they would rather socialize. A small portion of 1 (3%)
of the
respondent strongly agree that they will focus on games.
I play online video games while

walking in the street.
0%
I play online video games

while walking in the street.
15%
18%
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
32%
35%
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
11
Disagree
12
Strongly Disagree
Playing online video games while walking in the street is very dangerous and
majority
of the respondents which is 12 (35%) and 6 (18%) of the respondent are against
playing
online video game while walking while 11 (32%) of the respondent choose neutral
about this
statement and only 5 (15%) agree.
Sometimes I forgot or late replying

the text message that I get due to
online video games.
replying the text message

that I get due to online
3%
9%
Sometimes I forgot or late
video games.
24%
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
35%
Disagree
29%
Strongly Disagree
Strongly Agree
Agree
10
Neutral
12
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
A total of 12 or 35% of the respondent choose neutral when being asked about the
statement that they sometime forgot or late replying the text message that they get
due to
playing online video game. A total combination of 4 or 11% of the respondent choose
disagree and strongly disagree about this statement while 10 or 29% and 8 or 24% of
them
choose agree and strongly disagree respectively.
I feel annoyed when someone

disturbs me when I am playing
online video games.
I feel annoyed when

someone disturbs me
when I am playing online
0% 3%
video games.
30%
29%
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
38%
Strongly Agree
10
Agree
13
Neutral
10
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
A total of 13 (38%) and 10 (30%) of the respondent felt that they get annoyed when
someone disturbs them while they are playing online video games. They prefer to
give their
full attention the game and not to be disturbed. With another 10 (30%) strongly
agree with
them. Only 1 (3%) say that it won’t bother them.
I get angry when someone disturbs

me during playing online video
game.
I get angry when someone
disturbs me during playing
3% 3%
online video game.

30%
29%
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
35%
Strongly Disagree
Strongly Agree
10
Agree
12
Neutral
10
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
1
Similar like the previous chart, 12 (35%) and 10 (30%) of the respondents will get
angry when someone disturbs them when they playing online video game. A total of 10
(29%) of the respondent choose neutral about this statement and only a total of 2
(6%) of
the respondent combined choose disagree with this statement.
5.6 COMMITMENT
Playing online games make me feel

relax compared to other activities.
Playing online games make
0%
15%
me feel relax compared to
12%
Strongly Agree
32%
41%
other activities.
Agree
Strongly Agree
Neutral
Agree
11
Disagree
Neutral
14
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
A total of 11 (32%) and 4 (12%) of the respondent are agreed to the statement that
they play online video games to feel relax while 5 (15%) disagree with the
statement. The
remaining 14 (41%) of the respondent choose neutral about this statement.
I fantasize on being the character

of the online video games that I’m
playing.
I fantasize on being the

character of the online
video games that I’m
12% 6%
Strongly Agree
23%
18%
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
41%
playing.
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
14
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
4
A total of 14 (41%) of the respondent choose neutral about the statement that they
have or had fantasize on being the character of the online video games that they
played. A
total of 10 (29%) of the respondent combined choose to agree with the statement
while the
remaining 10 (30%) of the respondent choose disagree and strongly disagree.
I do some research and study

about the online video games that
I played to win the game.
I do some research and

study about the online
video games that I played
12%
15%
Strongly Agree
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Neutral
10
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Agree
18%
26%
29%
to win the game.
Neutral
A total of 5 (15%) and 9 (26%) of the respondents agreed that they did some
research and study the online video games that they play in order to win the game
while 6
(18%) and 4 (12%) of the respondent choose disagree with the statement. The
remaining
10 (29%) of the respondent choose neutral.
I invite my friends to play the online

video games that I played.
I invite my friends to
play the online video
9%
18%
12%
games that I played.

Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
29%
32%
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Strongly Agree
Agree
11
Neutral
10
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
3
A total of 10 or 29% of the respondent choose neutral with the statement that they
invite their friends to play the online video game that they played while another
11 (32%)
and 6 (18%) of the respondent choose agree with this statement. The remaining 4
(12%)
and 3 (9%) of the respondent choose disagree.
I often talk about online video

games with someone close to me.
I often talk about online

video games with someone
close to me.
9%
12%
26%
12%
41%
Strongly Agree
Strongly Agree
Agree
Agree
Neutral
Neutral
14
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
When being asked about their opinion on the statement that they often talk about
online video game with someone they close, a total of 13 or 38% of the respondent
choose
agree and strongly agree with the statement while only a total of 7 or 21% of the
respondent choose strongly disagree and disagree. The remaining 14 or 41% of the
respondent choose neutral with the statement.
6.0 OBSERVATION
In order to understand more on how online video game affect the students of UNISEL
Shah
Alam, the researcher have done several observation. A total of 4 anonymously
respondent
were chosen by the researchers and the respondents were not aware that they were
being
observed to help the researchers obtain unbiased result. The researchers chooses
their
respondents randomly and they approach the respondents to become friends so that
the
researchers will be able obtain a more data later.
6.1 RESPONDENT 1
The first respondent was a male, 20 years old and a student of Diploma of
Communication
and Media. In order to observe the respondent frequently, the researcher has chosen
the
respondent from the same class with the researcher. The respondent owned a computer
and
also hand phone and most of time, the respondent will always bring his hand phone
when
hanging out. The duration of the observation is in 15 days and each day the
researcher
spend 4 hour to observe the respondent. During 60 hour of observation, the
respondent was
seen playing online video game majority of the time especially during free time at
the café.
The respondent is more likely to play online video game in his hand phone rather
than his computer due to the fact that hand phone is more easy to carry around
nowadays.
In most of the classes, the respondent was seen playing online video game in his
hand
phone although there is a lecturer teaching in the class. The attention of the
student when
in the class is mostly disrupted by the online video game that the respondent
played on his
hand phone.
When having a lunch at the university café, the respondent more likely spend most
of his time playing online video game after finishing his food rather than talking
or chatting
with his friend. Not only the respondent, the researcher also seen almost all the
students in
the café using their hand phone rather than socializing with others. This suggests
that
students nowadays become more anti-social as they more prefer using their hand
phone
than socializing with each other.
It is a common that every class that was held in the morning, the respondent will
be
coming late to the class and the respondent will tell the lecturer that he is
overslept when
being asked by the lecturer. When it come to the assignment or task that need to be
done
by the respondent, the respondent will always late submitting it to the lecturer.
In order to
know why this happen, the researcher has interviewed one of the respondent
housemate
that was also a friend to the respondent.
After interviewing the respondent housemate, the researcher found out that the
respondent usually plays online video game in his hand phone until mid-night. The
respondent also actively play online video game in his computer and according to
the
respondent housemate, respondent always go to sleep only when it around 5.00
o'clock in
the morning until 8.00 o'clock in the morning. The researcher also found out that
the
respondent spend most of his time inside the house playing online video game rather
than
hang out together with his housemate. This show that by spending most of his time
playing
online video game and ignoring his housemate, it has turns him to anti-social and
thus
damages their relationship slowly.
Respondent also always skipping class due to the reason he is having migraines and
it is not surprising to the researcher as according to the study, someone who plays
video
games for long hour is easier to get migraines because of the intense concentration
required
and the strain put on the eyes. Other than migraines, respondent was also reported
complaining about back pain. This condition is known as musculoskeletal symptoms. A
study
involving musculoskeletal symptoms and the use of computers among adolescents
Finland
confirmed the association between musculoskeletal symptoms and the use of
computers.
This study claims that the use of a computer every day for 2 hours or more to
increase the
risk for pain at the site of the most anatomy such as back pain. 12
Other than that, the researcher also able to observe on how the respondents react
when he is losing in the online video game that he played. The respondent sometime
was
seen angry and scolding his teammate which is also his classmate when he is playing
online
video game with his friends. When someone disturb or calling his name while he is
playing
online video game, the respondent will either get angry or ignore the people that
call him.
Overall, the researcher conclude that online video game has effect the life of the
respondent based on his relationship with others, his mental state, his healthy and
also
disrupting his attention when in classes.
6.2 RESPONDENT 2
From 1 September – 31 October, the researchers has made an observation to study and
understand more about impact of online video games. The respondent that has been
chosen
is 1 of the Unisel’s student. The researcher use Covert Observational methods in
this
research, because by use this methods they can see their respondent’s behavior or
action
naturally from a distance. The observation process usually started from evening
until night.
The respondent that has been chosen was 23 years old. He was Bachelor student
from faculty Business Management of Unisel. He was from Arau, Perlis. He plays
several
12
Hakala PT, Saarni LA, Punamäki RL, Wallenius MA, Nygård CH, Rimpelä AH (March
2012). "Musculoskeletal
symptoms and computer use among Finnish adolescents--pain intensity and
inconvenience to everyday life: a
cross-sectional study". BMC Musculoskelet Disord 13 (41): 41
types of online video game such as Clash of Clan, Fun Run, and Candy Crush. These
games
can be easily downloaded by using smartphone, tablet and many more. In this
observation,
the respondent use laptop and smartphone as his platform to play online video
games.
Majority of online video games nowadays requires internet to allow people plays
together. Besides that, most of the creator gain profits by create a system where
player
spend their money to buy something that will give an advantaged in the games.
Playing
online video games can be costly. The respondent must pay for internet and of
course
electricity bill.
From a research, people that play online video games frequently and spend more
than 4 hours per day may have a health problem. From this observation, the
respondent has
several health issues. One of the health issues are the respondent usually have a
headache
especially at the morning due to lack of sleeps. He also can’t focus very well
during classes.
This may effects his performance and exam result. The respondent also has an eyes
strain
because they keep staring the screen at the same distance point for a long period.
The
respondent’s vision may become blurry.
Another health issues that occur toward respondent is backaches. This problem
happened when the respondent seat at same position for hours, and because the lack
of
movement, their body become stiffness. The respondent also has the same problem for
his
neck or wrist. The respondent playing games engrossed until forget to having meal
at the
right times. He also usually chose junk food as the main food while playing games.
All these
junk food are not healthy for the body.
The respondent also may have obesity and low level of stamina. The respondent
usually will not doing any physical exercise activity such as jogging to keep their
body
healthy. The respondent will spend his free time by playing video games rather than
doing
outdoor activity. The respondent also has a problem to wake up early at the morning
because his inconsistent sleep pattern. The respondent looks tired and sleepy
especially at
the morning.
Video games can affect the respondent behavior, action and emotion. From this
observation, the respondent behavior and emotion is not consistent. From this
research, the
respondent become more rough and aggressive when they lose the games. Sometimes, he
slam the smartphone as the way to release anger. There are another things that
change
when the respondent lose the games. He will tend to speak louder and rude towards
others.
From this observation, the respondent becomes more violent after playing fighting
games.
This is happened because the respondent
The respondent social interaction with people around him also change when he play
the online video games. From what the researcher has observed, the respondent
didn’t
really give any attention toward others people while he playing the games. While
respondent’s friends having a chat with each other, the respondent just not showing
any
interest toward them. The respondent also usually will try to avoid any
conversation with
people around by remain silent. The respondent also usually becomes talk less when
he was
gathering with his family member. This is because there is no interesting topic
that the
respondent talks about.
However from what the researcher has observed, the respondent may like join the
conversations that were related with the video games. The respondent seems happy
and
love talking about the games. Lastly, the researcher conclude that playing online
video
games can give an impact towards person’s physical, psychology and his social
interaction
with other people.
6.3 RESPONDENT 3
Based on the observation that had been done by the researcher, the respondent that
had
been observe is a male, at age 20 and study in Diploma of Art and Design. To make
the
observation process run smoothly, the researcher had choose the respondent among
his
friends which often hang out together and visit their house. At the first step, the
researcher
find that the respondent are more with his hand phone in any situation which can be
seen
clearly by everyone who nearly or close with the respondent. This observation is
held about
a week which the researcher will hangout and visit the respondent house frequently.
After a several question had been asked and being seen by the researcher itself,
it’s
clearly show that the respondent are very addicted to the online game and that is
why it’s
hard to see the respondent without his hand phone. During the researcher hangout at
the
respondent house, the respondent seems very concentrate and focus on playing the
online
game with his hand phone without care who is coming and what is happening in his
house.
The online games make the respondent become anti-social and did not care what
happening
in his surrounding if there is no one notifies him.
This situation are not happen in the house only, the researcher found out that it’s
also happen during they hang out at the mamak stall to have a dinner. The
respondent are
more prefer to playing online game rather than talk with his friends. Besides, the
respondent
also seems give priority to the games more than his meals although it is already
served in
front him. Plus, these habits are not only happening in that time because in a week
of
observation, the researcher saw that it frequently happen during others situation
such as
lunch and breakfast.
Other than that, the researcher found that the respondent had a difficulty to
answer
and replying a phone call or messages come in to his hand phone. From the
observation that
had been done, the researcher always caught that the respondent will ignore the
incoming
call if he playing game on the hand phone and he always forget to reply the message
receive.
The worst part is when the respondent is too emotional when he failed or lost the
mission in the online game. It is very obvious when suddenly the respondent scream,
said a
harsh word or hit anything near him. Even sometimes the respondent will mad at his
friends
who disturbing him during he playing the online video game. However, the respondent
are
not like this when he got an assessment to do or in the class. This are confirmed
by the
respondent friends who in a same class with him. They said that the respondent will
focus
and give a commitment in class or doing his assignment.
Although it’s hard to believe, it is the respondent behavior in class according to
his
friends that had been questioned by the researcher. However, the researcher found
out that
the respondent are always come late to class, might be because of this he give a
commitment in class to calm the lecturer because of his late coming. Besides that,
the
researcher believe that the late coming problem occur because of the respondent
always
stay up until late night because of the online video game. From the questioned that
had
been asked to his housemate, they said that the respondent always sleep at late
night
especially if there is no class on the next day.
All in all, the researcher found that mostly of the respondent acting and doing are
totally different with a normal people. In this matter, the researcher would like
to conclude
that addicted to the online video game will change someone behavior, attitude and
lifestyle.
6.4 RESPONDENT 4
From the researcher’s point of view, there are many characteristics that shows the
person is
addicted to online video game. For this research, the researchers choose to do an
observation on a 19 year old male student from UNISEL Shah Alam. He is currently
undertaking Diploma in Communication and Media. It took the researcher about a week
to
complete this observation.
The respondent was very attached to one particular game; Clash Of Clans. It is a
combat strategic game in which players can build and defend their village from the
likes of
others. What makes this game so popular is that it's one of the top grossing
applications in
the world and download is free which is now available in IOS and Android platform.
It can
also be played through your computer and laptop using the application Blue stacks
but
majority will play on their smartphone because it's convenient and can be played at
any
given time.
Because it can be played through the smartphone, the respondent will spend more
time focusing on the game. He spends so much time on the game that he ignores his
health.
For example, he will play the game until mid-night and sleep around 4.00 o'clock in
the
morning. He constantly awake at night resulting in him having headaches and eyes
strain.
Not to mention being sleepy during classes. He skipped his meal because he is more
invested to the game. He will choose junk food over a proper meal because they are
easier
to digest.
When hanging out with his friends, he tends to distance himself because he all he
can talk about is his online video games. He prefers playing online video games
through his
phone rather than socializing with other people which making the respondent an
anti-social
person. Furthermore, the researcher caught him literally ignoring all the text
messages and
calls from his friends.
The researcher stated that the worst side of his respondent came across when he
losses a battle in the game. He'll get so angry and frustrated and he started to
blame all of
his teammates and might even get aggressive to whoever that tries to calm him down.
His
emotions went over the charts because he could not accept the fact that he lost a
game
which makes him a danger not only to himself but to anyone around him as well.
6.5 RESPONDENT 5
The researchers respondent is an online gamers that are willingly used their money
to
satisfied their feeling in order to win in the games. What we have seen is that the
respondent is a hyperactive type of guy that loves to makes jokes and mostly been
called as
class clown. What we can see is that the respondent is a very creative person and
always
see thing more colorfully then a normal person see.
The way of their thinking is more complicated than the way of normal people think.
They can see things more than average person can. They pattern of gamers mind is
they
always think outside of the box making them smarter than average person. Some
respondent also confess that they think they are smart but the laziness makes them
become
dumber than other people.
Some of the respondent became so vicious when they are focusing on the games.
They put all of their concentration in their games making it something important
for them to
win in the games; some of them became aggressive when they lose in the game. They
will
tend not to be disturbed while they are focusing in the game.
Some of the respondent has a lot of health issues in them. Example when they tend
to play to much game until they are lack of sleep making them ignored about their
health
care ignore their hygiene sometime they attend to someplace without taking a bath.
The respondent will became so aggressive when they are playing games some of the
respondent confess that they also did a lot of things to make their victory in
gaming is
assured the respondent also will rise up their focus level when playing online
games to them
winning the games is so important that they can’t afford to lose. Some respondent
said that
they feel like demolishing their opponent if their opponent is right beside them
Surprisingly the respondent is usually happy all day long. 85% of the respondent is
a very
happy go lucky guy. They are usually popular and known by some people because of
their
passion in gaming. Some of the respondent friend says that they like being with
them
because they like to makes jokes. Some respondent says that their relationship with
friend
are normal like average people they did not have any enemies in real world. They
often have
enemy in their gaming world but not in the real world.
Some of them even gotten in an serious relationship. But the respondent confesses
if
their mate cannot accept their passion toward gaming they will eliminated their
mate if they
have to. They need a person that can understand them and encourage them because
some
of them think that gaming can lose money or gain money if you use it as medium to
generate some income. The respondents are talented in electronic device such as
software
and hardware because gaming needs a very powerful system to operate. Therefore
gamers
need to know what kind of device they will use for gaming.
7.0 CONCLUSION
In the era of modern technologies now, have a great gadget is a dream for every
student,
especially students at the university. The research data shows that the entire
respondent
has at least one gadget whether cell phone, tablet or computer. All three gadgets
mentioned
have access to online video game that either paid or free. For students in today’s
world, to
have a debit or credit card is a crucial in order to deal with their financial
matter with
promptly and quickly. However, waste such as buying an advantage in an online game
for
example gems, expansion or other advantages is not recommended. In addition to
that,
there is also a minority of students who do not have credit or debit card.
From the research also, the researcher found out that there is minority of the
students that don’t have internet connection at their house. By using internet,
students can
also contact their friends anytime at anywhere. Online gaming is becoming more
interesting
as the player can invite and play the online game together with their friend
although they
are not in the same room.
As the technology become more advanced day by day, the Internet more accessible
to a variety of age groups. No doubt that there are many children nowadays have to
know
what it is internet and how to use it. Based on the research, the majority of
respondents to
gain exposure on the internet is at the age of 6-20 years, while there is some of
the
students being exposed on the Internet at the earliest age which is at age before 6
years old
and some was exposed to the internet after reaching the age of 21 years old.
From the data received, majority of the students in UNISEL Shah Alam play an online
video game. However, there is also some small portion of student who didn’t play
online
video game. When being asked on whether they love to play online video game, all
respondent answered yes and this show that students like to play online video game
and
most of them spend 1-6 hours per day playing online video game. There are great
amount
of students love to play online video game 6-7 days per week and also 2-3 days per
week.
Those who spend more than a total of 40 hour per week or average of 6 hours per day
everyday are at risk on being addicted to play online game.
In this new era, online video game can be played almost in all gadgets available
today such as hand phone, computer and also tablet. The researcher found out that
most of
the students of UNISEL Shah Alam use hand phone follow by computer and lastly
tablet to
play online video game. Most of them played about 1 or 2 games in their gadgets
while none
of them plays more than seven games in their gadgets. Many of them also prefer to
play
online video game at night and midnight. Based on the researcher opinion, this can
be the
caused on why some of the students who played online video game experiences
sleeping
disorder and thus distracting their attention when they in morning classes.
According to the research, majority of the students in UNISEL Shah Alam prefer by
playing game alone than rather with their friends and this may lead to anti-social
problem.
This can be seen when students prefer being alone playing online video game rather
than
chatting and socializing with their friends. When it comes to spending money on
online video
game, majority of the respondent answered they will never spend their money online
and
this show that free game attract the most than the paid game.
Health is one of the important things that we need to take serious in any activity
we
do. Thus in this research, the researcher also had provided a several question that
related
with the respondent health which usually happen to whom that addicted to the online
video
game. From the observation and experienced that the researcher had going through,
there
were 5 question about heath which consist four yes and no questions and one
narrative
question.
In the first place, the researcher had asked about the respondent’s sleeping
pattern
which the researcher believe that to have a healthy life style, we need a good
sleep which
means an enough sleep to maintain our body energy cycle. As we can see, there were
a lot
of problem or disease may occur if we don’t get enough sleep such as headache,
insomnia
and might be a serious stress problem. From the feedback that the researcher got,
22 over
34 respondents admit that they will stay up just to play the online video game
which means
over than half. As a student, for sure this habit will spoil their attention and
focus in their
study especially during the class hour.
Other than that, the researcher also would like to know whether they will hold off
going to toilet or not when the respondent playing the online video game. And the
answer is
still same with the first question which over than half of them answer yes that
they will hold
off going to toilet just to finish their games. In a health perspective, the action
such as
holding urine may affect your kidney function plus can lead to infections because
of the
bacteria that contain in the urine. From the researcher opinion, the respondents
should stop
this habit before it become more serious if they keep to holding their urine just
for a game.
Besides that, another thing that relate with health is a nutrition taking. The
researcher don’t want to talk about what is good food and what is not but just want
to know
either they ever skip their meals or not when they are playing the online video
game. It is
because from the observation that have been done, the researcher believe that some
of us
who are obsessed with something will forget everything such as to take their meals.
The
answer received from the respondents surprising the researcher which 19 over 34 of
them
said they never skip their meal to finish the game although the number of skip
their meal
are still close to half. Still, this is not a good lifestyle because food is needed
by our body on
time.
Finally, the last question before the researcher asked the narrative question, do
the
respondent feel dizzy while playing the online video game. As a normal person, the
researcher believe that too long facing the lighting on the gadget playing the
online video
game might lead to sore eyes and come out with feeling dizzy. From the answer that
the
respondents gave, 25 over 34 of them answer no which mean they don’t feel dizzy
while
playing the online video game. From the researcher opinion, might be majority of
them are
not playing too long which mean they just take 1 to 6 hour in a day, therefore it
would not
affect anything. Other opinion, the researcher believes because of too addict with
the game,
the respondent was immune from dizzy.
On the narrative question, it is more to emotion, behaviour and attitude of the
respondent which still relate with the respondent’s health such as feeling depress
that lead
the respondent to do something that out of control. What is the respondent feel
when they
lose in the online video game questions’ generate a sort of feeling which each of
them are
different.
Although majority of the students in UNISEL Shah Alam like to play an online video
game, most of them feel it is fine for them if they cannot play it. However, there
is also
minority group that feel frustrated when they cannot play an online video game and
this
show a symptom of online game addiction. When it comes to adjusting their lifestyle
just
that they can play online video game at any time, most of respondents say that they
never
adjusting their lifestyle just they can play video game at any time.
When playing online video game, your game progresses are at risk of being deleted,
corrupt and not accessible. When this happen, many of the respondent will play the
online
video game again from beginning while only few will just delete the game and never
played
it again. Many of the respondents are not feeling confused whether they are easily
get
addicted with playing online video game or not. However, they claimed that other
people are
easily to get addicted with online video game. Most of them agreed that players in
general
are at risk of being addicted to online video game and this show that they are
concern about
this matter yet they don’t know how to classified themselves an addicted or not.
Many of the respondent claimed that they have friends that they regard to be
addicted to gaming and this show that how serious is the effect of online gaming to
the
students. The respondents also stated that they will have greater tendency to play
online
video game when they have a lot of friends playing that particular game. As a
result, this
shows that how friends influence can influence our life in a good way and also bad
way. The
influence of online video game advertisement is however only impact a little to the
students
of UNISEL Shah Alam and because of the most of the students have neutral opinion
when
being asked whether they will keep on playing online games just to wait for an
expansion or
add-on of the online video game that they played.
Research shows that respondent that is addicted to online video games could
develop a bad relationship with their close ones and choosing between fantasy and
reality.
Researcher shows that majority feel neutral whether they prefer playing online
video games
rather than hanging out with my family during weekend. But a similar amount also
disagrees
and prefers spending quality time with their family.
When asked whether they prefer playing online video games rather than hanging out
with my friends during the weekend, the respondents reply saying they feel neutral
about
this because some of them play online video games with their friends during the
weekend.
The respondent can use application like Raidcall or Skype to communicate with each
other
while playing online video games.
During free time, the researchers assume that the respondents give an equal share
between playing online video games and socializing with other people. This is
because,
result of the survey shows that majority of the respondents saying its neutral, to
agree and
to disagree. Almost similar with the previous question, the respondents say the
feeling is
neutral which means almost all them agree and disagree when ask when with their
friends
or family, will they focus more on online video games rather than socializing.
The respondents respond in a positive manner when asked do they play online video
games while walking in the streets. With majority disagree and online video games
should
not be played while walking on the street. Addictive as they may be, good thing
that they
know the dangers and consequences when playing online video games while walking on
the
street.
Some people may get a little too carried away when playing online video games. So
much so that they forgot or reply the text messages later than usual due to online
video
games. Despite a strong amount of respondents agree with this, majority say it's
neutral
because some of them will reply during the game while waiting for their character
to
respawn after dying in the game or rather after finishing the game.
When respondents put their full focus on the online video games, they wish not to
be
disturbed. That is why they respondents say it's annoying when someone disturbs
them
when they are playing online video games. It becomes a distraction whenever they
are
being disturbed and could lead to them losing the game.
Not just that, respondents will get angry when someone disturbs them during playing
online video games especially those who are short-tempered and hot-headed. This
could be
very dangerous because the people that are addicted to online video games have
unstable
emotions. When they get angry, the respondents will scold their teammates and even
beat
them the first chance they get.
From the data that have been gather, the researcher can assume that there is some
positive effect when playing online games, the data shows that 4 respondent
strongly
agreed and 11 respondent agreed that online video games can makes them feels relax
compared to other activity while 14 respondent are neutral, only 5 disagree about
the
research question. This shows that some respondent released their stress while
playing
online video games.
The next research question is also hoping for a positive result but apparently 14
of
the respondent is also neutral while the 2 strongly agreed and 8 agreed on the
statement
that the gamers will fantasize on being the character of the online video games
that they are
playing. However, 6 respondents disagree and 4 strongly disagree on the statement.
Looking
in positive side when the respondent fantasizes a lot there is a lot of positive
change in
somebody character.
The next research question is also positive based but still the highest picks is
neutral
with 10 picks from the respondents followed by 5 strongly agree and 9 agree on the
question that stated about the respondent do some research and study about the
online
games that are played. This shows that the respondent try so hard in order for them
to win
the online video games. They rather do some research for tips and hint so that they
can be
the number one in the games that they played.
The following research question is about the respondent needs any accompany while
playing the online video games surprisingly 11 respondents agree and 6 respondents
strongly agree in that statement showing that the respondent would be very pleased
if there
is a partner playing online games with them. This shows that the respondent like to
be
surrounded by someone with the same interest so that they can talks and jokes about
it
together. 4 respondents disagree and 3 strongly disagree about the statement
showing they
are in the focus kind of gamers which played online video games alone without any
distraction.
The last research questions stated that the respondent often talk about online
video
games with someone close to them with a result of 14 neutral respondents and 9
strongly
agree and 4 agree about the statement, 4 respondent disagree and 3 strongly
disagree
about the statement this shows the respondent like to have a conversation about the
online
video games, meaning the respondent like to share their though and idea with
someone
close to them, this also proves that the respondents is talkative in a certain ways
The conclusion that can be makes is that there some positive affects in playing
online
video games rather than all of the view is on the negative side. Depend on the
respondent
how to operate the games in positive or negative side.
8.0 RECOMMENDATION
From the research that has been made towards the respondent that are consist of
student
from Unisel Shah Alam, the researcher has find out that become addicted to online
games
can effect someone’s health, social life , behaviour, and actions. If the players
playing game
too much until they can’t manage their sleep times, meal and social, it will give
an bad
effect 13. For example if the respondent skip their meal, they will not get enough
nutrient that
body require thus may lead to health problem such as gastric problem. Their body
will
become weak in physically. Playing video games also can make someone become
antisocial.
14
The respondents are more likely to avoid from having any conversation with people
that don’t play the online games.

However, there is benefit of playing online video games. One of the examples is
playing online games train or prepares people to make decision faster. Example of
games
that requires the player to think faster is shooting and strategy games. In
shooting games,
we must make a correct decision in order to win the games. Online video games also
can
help and improve creativity or imagination of their player. Most of the games
especially
games that use fantasy as their main element will allow player to things outside
the box.
Online games also will improved the respondent solve problem skill. In addition,
playing
online games also can increase our leadership skill. Especially when it’s a game
that involved
with other people.
13 Kim, E. J., Namkoong, K., Ku, T., & Kim, S. J. (2008). The relationship between
online game addiction and
aggression, self-control and narcissistic personality traits. European Psychiatry,
23(3), 212-218.
14 Ng, B. D., & Wiemer-Hastings, P. (2005). Addiction to the internet and online
gaming. CyberPsychology &
Behavior, 8(2), 110-113
There are so many obstacles and mission inside the games that require the player to
thinks depend on the situation. Online games also can improve the respondent
coordination
‘hand-eye ‘. Playing online games also can help people to typing the words through
the
keypad or keyboard faster and accurate. It does also can improve the player focus
level.
From another research that has been made, a gamer can also focus on 6 things at a
time
without confusing them 15. Online video games also can help the respondent to
improve their
vocabulary and English language. This is because majority of the games in the
market are
using English as their main language.
The respondent also can do physical exercise while having fun by playing dancing
simulation games. Its help the respondent’s body become healthier. Online video
games also
can help the respondent earn some money by joining an event or tournament of the
online
games. One of the online games that are famous with the high prize pool is Dota 2,
a
multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games. Last year, Dota 2 has made an event
called
The International 2014. It’s a competition between Dota 2 top players. The prize
pool is
$10,924,000 16. There are many more local competition that player can join in
Malaysia. By
join this type of event, it will help to increase the respondent’s teamwork spirit.
In conclusion,
there are so many benefits that people can get by playing online video game.
Depends on what genre of game that the respondent play, it may influence their
ways of thinking and acting. The online game will become the best therapy and
medication if
being used wisely in order to enhance and improve human thought and lifestyle in
the future.
For sure this will become reality with a well plan organized and structured.
A psychology researcher from Canberra stated that "People who spend an excessive
amount of time playing video games are powerless to stop themselves from thinking
about
gaming," says Olivia Metcalf, who did the research for her PhD at the Australian
National
University. "This is a pattern typical of addiction," she says.
17
The researchers concluded that
15 Southwell, B. G., & Doyle, K. O. (2004). The good, the bad, or the ugly? A
multilevel perspective on electronic
game effects. American Behavioral Scientist, 48(4), 391-401.
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17 Video gaming addiction can control your thoughts, recommendation for further
study. (2012, November 26).
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gaming-addictionthoughts.html
online video games can be addictive as gambling and alcohol based on the findings.
Based
on the statement from the psychology researcher, here are some of the first hard
evidence
to support our findings.
However, there is something that the researchers found in their findings. Those who
are addicted to online video games would act and think a lot faster than regular
people due
to the situational they face during the game and they have ability to quickly
respond to the
situation. This skill could prove to be useful as the researcher indicate that
those game
"addicts" have a more creative mind that others thus becoming their recommendation
for
this research. By all means, this can be regarded as an area for further study.
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Running Head: The Effects of Online Game: A study on Online Game Addiction among

UNISEL’s Shah Alam Campus Students.

Research Method That Will Be Used To Acquire Data

Technique Used to Obtain Data And Analyzed The Data

Experience Playing Online Video Game

Emotional Reaction During Playing Online Video Game

Reality and Relationship

To control the attitude and behavior of the online gamers.

To avoid them from influence.

To make them be more responsible in their life.

To improve their social interaction in surrounding.

To reduce their obsession towards the online games.

To improve their healthy lifestyle.

1.3 PROBLEM STATEMENT

It became a phenomenon in our surrounding which people nowadays are too

stated that the

addiction in playing online game is believed to drive someone to extreme

>25 years old

Owned Debit/ Credit Card

Have Internet Access at Home

Age Exposed to the

1-5 years old

1-5 years old

6-12 years old

6-12 years old

13-20 years old

13-20 years old

>21 years old

Do you play online video game?

Do you play online

Do you like to play online video game?

Do you like to play

online video game?

How many days per week you spend

How many days per week

How many hours per day you spend

you spend on online

What gadget do you use to play

How many online video games you

How many online video

When do you normally play online

When do you normally play

Do you prefer playing games alone

Do you pay a subscription on online

Do you ever stay up just to play

Do you ever stay up just to

Do you hold off going to the

Do you hold off going to the

Do you ever skip meals just to

Do you feel dizzy while playing

Do you feel dizzy while

What do you feel when you lose in the

I feel frustrated when I cannot play

I feel frustrated when I

cannot play video games

I feel that I adjust my life more to

I feel that I adjust my life

If the data on the game is lost, I

If the data on the game is

the game from beginning

I am easily get addicted with video

with video games.