Why do you play video games?
I play video games for fun and to pass the time. People play it to experience things that you can't experience in real life. You get a virtual reality. It's competitive. It's a feeling of accomplishment.
This Assignment is all about the effect that video games have on the audience.
Should be able to find a lot of articles giving bad reviews about video games (Violent games make violent people)
Need to write an opinionated article
Lay out what your argument is. You have to teach people in the first half of it about what people say. (Find articles about it.)
Then after tell them what YOU think.
EFFECTS MODEL: The article has to come to an opinion on the effects model.
First bullet point is a worksheet that we will do in class.
Have to pull together a list of video games that have been linked to negative behaviour.
When finding oppositional readings look at news articles, look at politicians.
Then go and do some research about positive video games. (Educational games, Brain Training, Driving School, Wii Fit.)
You can have a preferred reading to some games but an oppositional reading to other games.
Negative effects
The guns
The police being shot
Men, Women and Children being shot
The blood
The language used
The ending
The things being blown up
The constant screaming
Unit 6 Assignment 3 prezi notes:
What violence can you recall seeing in media products?
Breaking Bad some guy getting beat up.
What do you define as a violent act?
Something done to intentionally hurt someone whether it be physical or emotionally.
Gratuitous vs. Informative
Informative: Does the violence teach us anything, is there a purpose?
Gratuitous: Just there for the audience to enjoy. Violence is there for entertainment purposes only.
Desensitisation: You have seen that much violence it doesn't bother you anymore. You become desensitised to it.
How did you feel when watching it?
I was confused as to why this was made into a game.
What was your reaction?
Laughter and shock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eve3hDAh9MU
EFFECTS MODEL
Effects model is a theory. A theory is an idea, means that it CAN be wrong.
They believe that the media effects your behaviour. They believe that our society is made up of individuals who are easily influenced by the media. The media would alter their behaviour. The media would DIRECTLY effect the way they behave. They saw the media as a syringe. The effects model is sometimes called 'The hypodermic needle' or 'Hypodermic syringe' theory. Because it injects you with the ideas of the media.
Passive: Sits there like a spud. It just happens to you.
Maybe for some people you might think 'If they already have some issues that they MIGHT be more prone to that behaviour'
Boy kills Grandma due to video game: (X)
Moral Panic means creating a panic about something that is seen to be damaging to our society.
Video games breed violent behaviour, society looks for a scapegoat. No conclusive proof.
Crimes are so mad for us to contemplate that we look for a scape goat. Meaning we look for someone to blame.
There is no proof that video games are directly linked to violence.
Positive effects
Video games that are good for you:
Call of Duty helps improve eyesight.
Big Brain academy helps your memory.
Video games make people more creative. For example, Minecraft.
Sprax cures depression.
XBox Kinect makes you work out at home.
Nintendogs teaches you how to look after a dog.
Wii Fit helps you exercise at your house. (Best video game console for improving fitness)
Cooking mama teaches you how to cook.
Super Mario brothers improves motor skills.
Forza improves reaction time.
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