LEEDS, England, July 19 (Reuters) - When you think of addiction, the first things that come to mind are gambling, alcohol and drug abuse. Footballers down the ages have not been immune to falling into ...

Sandra Danilovic receives research funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and Wilfrid Laurier University. She is also a member of the not-for-profit videogame arts ...

S1: I'm Andrew Bracken and this is Screen Time , featuring conversations about technology and kids in today's digital age. My kids are addicted to their screens. It's a common phrase many parents ...

It's really quite amazing to me how one industry has come under attack by so many groups of people. If it isn't Congress or Jack Thompson trying to destroy a billion dollar industry, it's the AMA and ...

Hollywood’s love-hate relationship with smoking and the current fad for Jeremy Kyle-style confessional talk shows are just two of the topics that will come under the spotlight at a major international ...

Four of the biggest companies in the industry have been targeted by a lawsuit accusing them of enabling video game addiction. A complaint filed on October 30 in the Eastern District of Arkansas, ...

My name is John, and I play computer games. No, no, I don't have a problem, not like that. At least I don't think I do (although isn't denial the first stage of something or other?) But over in China, ...

Mr. Siu is a founder of the mobile gaming developer Storm8. Gov. Gavin Newsom of California has just signed legislation that would require social media companies to make sure new products won’t be ...

Chinese authorities have promised to clean the country’s online gaming industry of “unhealthy” content such as violence and pornography, asserting more control over use of the Internet in the country.

Albert Gonzalez, the man described by federal authorities as the kingpin of a gang responsible for stealing more than 130 million payment cards, is a computer addict looking for ways to challenge his ...