In this episode:

• How game and social media designers manipulate the interface between site and user to promote engagement
• The factors that increase the risk for gaming dependency in children
• When an interest in gaming becomes a problem
• Working with those with a gaming dependency to help them overcome it

Host: Dr Terri Foran, Sexual Health Physician; Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Women’s and Children’s Health, UNSW

Guest: James Driver, Psychotherapist; Black Dog Psychotherapy, registered with the Psychotherapists Board of Aotearoa New Zealand (PBANZ), member of the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (NZAP), Founder of NetAddiction NZ

Total time: 17 mins

Recommended Resources:

• Net Addiction
• Tristan Harris TED talk – 17 mins
• The Social Dilemma Documentary on You Tube – 1 hr, 33 mins
• Google Ramin Shokrizade for more information on game design