Reference Material To Research

I have talked to afew people and explained my dissertation plan and I was told about a book and a video that might help me with my project.

The book is called 'The R Factor' by Michael Schluter and David Lee. I was told I should read the first three factor, as they explain how relationships are formed and what factors make a relationship a strong or weak one. This will be very useful to me when I want to look at relationships (mainly in games) as a part of my dissertation. If I know what factors make a good relationship, I might be able to judge whether or not relationships created with people through and over gaming are just as strong as those with say friends?

I think the addiction side of the dissertation is quite an important one and understanding the path that leads to addiction will be key to finding out if escapism has any part in this. I was told about a video from a series called 'Life On The Edge' where a Dr James C. Dobson interviews a man called Ted Bunday who was a serial killer and was soon to be going into the electric chair. He had become a christian since, and becasue of this, was able to understand the downwards spiral which led him to live the life he had. I have yet to watch this video, but I believe it all started by looking at soft-core pornography magazines and films. If pictures and video can have this kind of effect on someone, surely video games have the potential to have the same impact. I think this will be an interesting area of my research.