{"id":108,"date":"2016-12-25T23:25:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-25T23:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/sophielarkintannett\/?p=108"},"modified":"2017-01-21T13:38:54","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T13:38:54","slug":"welcome-who-am-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/sophielarkintannett\/2016\/12\/25\/welcome-who-am-i\/","title":{"rendered":"WELCOME!-Who am I?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a little introduction, GAME OVER is written by myself, Sophie. I am 20 years of age and currently doing a degree at Bournemouth University, I am a second-year student on the course Media and Communications. I am oh so obsessed with travelling and always planning my next adventure. Coming from London, Bournemouth was different, to say the very least. I&#8217;ve always had a very busy and vibrant lifestyle and love the urban life! So let&#8217;s just say living in Bournemouth isn&#8217;t\u00a0really my cup of tea. But of course, i&#8217;ve met some incredible people and have to stay for at least another year!<\/p>\n<p>One of my assignments this term was to create a blog for the module <em>&#8216;Web and Mobile Communications&#8217;<\/em> in which I must cover specific social issues that have been impacted by the use of technology and the internet.<\/p>\n<h2>On to the blog&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>I will be focusing on Gaming addiction and the ways\u00a0various games have massively\u00a0contributed to the rise in this particular issue. I also hope to be identifying what can be done to help those who are already affected and prevention measures, to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>Expect to see the analysis of<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What a gaming addiction actually is, and why it is on the rise.<\/li>\n<li>What actually makes a game so addictive, and what games are currently the most addictive.<\/li>\n<li>The suggested link between violence and video games, along with the consequences.<\/li>\n<li>The various treatment options available, how an addict can seek help.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anyway WELCOME! remember to keep up to date with GAME OVER social media sites below, and subscribe for weekly updates.<\/p>\n<p>LETS BEGIN<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_109\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/reflection-playstation-pad-gaming-18174\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-109\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/sophielarkintannett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2016\/12\/url-1.jpg\" alt=\"Source: PEXELS on a CCO License (no attribution required).\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PEXELS on a CCO License (no attribution required).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a little introduction, GAME OVER is written by myself, Sophie. I am 20 years of age and currently doing a degree at Bournemouth University, I am a second-year student on the course Media and Communications. I am oh so obsessed with travelling and always planning my next adventure. Coming from London, Bournemouth was different, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/sophielarkintannett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/sophielarkintannett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/sophielarkintannett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/sophielarkintannett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/sophielarkintannett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/sophielarkintannett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/sophielarkintannett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions\/348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/sophielarkintannett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/sophielarkintannett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/sophielarkintannett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}