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Gold Farming Increasing in Developing Countries

Research by Manchester University shows that almost 500,000 people in developing nations are earning a wage by making virtual goods in online games (known as gold-farming )to sell to players and the industry is increasing rapidly. The industry (about 80% of which is based in China) is estimated to employ...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 09-01-2008
DCSF publishes action plan to implement Byron Recommendations

Yesterday, 24th June 2008, the Government published an action plan detailing how the recommendations from March 2008s Byron Review will be implemented. The report was published by Children’s Minister Kevin Brennan, Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker and Culture Minister Margaret Hodge. The action plan...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 06-25-2008
Living in the World of Warcraft

The Swedish Media Council commissioned a report into MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games) "Living in the world of Warcraft" in 2007 which was carried out by Jonas Linderoth, PhD, and Ulrika Bennerstedt, MA, of Gothenburg University. The report focused on the game World of...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 03-18-2008

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