They enjoy the "intimacy among strangers," the feeling of being anonymous and the fact that people can't easily discern the emotion that they may be feeling since their facial expressions and body language can't be read. ... Also, based on results National Geographic Society's survey on their web site, it has been concluded that people use on-line community as a complement and not in replace of their off-line communications (Haase, Hampton, Wellman, Witte). ...

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Douglas Gentile, "Pathological Video Game Use among Youth 8 to 18: A National Study," CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the study The youth of today no longer seem to spend their leisure activities like in the olden days; outdoor games or playing with toys, instead, they spend their free time in their homes, internet cafés or computer shops simply to satisfy their hunger; and that hunger is Online Gaming. ... Integrated circuits replaced transistors, and many computer languages came out in this time. ...

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