Gaming
What are the advantages of gaming? Is Esports really a sport? What can happen to those who become addicted to gaming?
Gaming
Fortnite, CA, Minecraft or Roblox. What do you play?
Like all other hobbies, computer games have a culture with their own activities, language, celebrities and history. Often this is about being part of a larger environment where you learn, create and exchange information. In Norway, 96 percent of boys and 76 percent of girls play, but the share of girls is increasing.
En jente sitter foran gaming oppsettet hennes, og tar på hodetelefonene.
Jente sitter og gamer i et rom opplyst med lilla farge.
En mann ser ned på telefon sin som det flyr penger fra.
Gaming and parents
The challenge at home is often that this is a relatively new phenomenon and a hobby that is more difficult for parents to be an active part of. Although the majority of Norwegian children play computer games today, figures from the Norwegian Media Authority show that parents engage much more in other leisure activities than in gaming. In the government’s new computer games strategy, computer games are to be elevated to become an independent and equal leisure activity.
En gutt sitter å gamer i sengen sin. Storesøsteren hans står bak han å prøver å få kontakt med han, fordi han må gjøre leksene sine.
Et team spiller på E-sport
En gutt som sitter å spiller mens det ser ut som han holder på å sovne
Now you know a good deal about gaming, but how have computer games evolved?
Why are there so few professional female gamers?
Sources:
- Medietilsynet (21.09.2021): Regjeringen ønsker å løfte frem dataspill til å bli en likeverdig fritidsaktivitet
https://www.medietilsynet.no/om/aktuelt-2019/nydataspillstrategifraregjeringen/
- Medietilsynet (21.09.2021): Undersøkelse fra Medietilsynet: Nesten ni av ti barn og unge spiller dataspill
https://www.medietilsynet.no/nyheter/aktuelt/undersokelse-fra-medietilsynet-nesten-ni-av-ti-barn-og-unge-spiller-dataspill/
- Dataspill (21.09.2021): Hjelpelinjen
https://hjelpelinjen.no/fakta-om-spel/dataspill/
- ung.no (19.04.22): Flere fordeler med online-gaming
https://www.ung.no/spill/3978_Flere_fordeler_med_online-gaming.html
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