Hypothesis: Could be something like – More violence is expected in MA games versus teen games…but this hypothesis depends on how violence is defined.discuss

Research Project 3

“Video Game Violence”

Intro: Minimum 7 sources (with focus on ratings for MA and Teen)

Theory: ? (social learning theory, Bandura, etc.)

Methods: Look at 2 video game Walkthroughs 3:00 minutes of each walkthrough

a) MA

b) Teen

Extra Info:

Hypothesis: Could be something like – More violence is expected in MA games versus teen games…but this hypothesis depends on how violence is defined

Participants: Units (the two walkthrough itself becomes the unit of analysis)

Materials: Computer

Results: See Table 1 (Put in Table after references)

Need a clear operationalization of violence, break down by each act of violence

Must provide: URL and Timecode

Procedure: Describe coding process (operationalization), be very clear and specific how definitions were

Unit of analysis: 3 minute segment of MA video game walkthrough and 3 min segment of Teen walkthrough video game

Use same coding scheme for both MA and Teen video games

Code for each act: punch, kick, gunfire

Genre should be similar for both MA and Teen

WHICH VIDEO GAME RATING HAS MORE VIOLENCE… WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS?

please include the table at the end documenting the acts of violence in the 3 minute clip of each video game…

Video game Mature Teen

Punch/Kick # of time ins 3 min # of times in 3 min

stabbing # of time in 3 min # of times in 3 min

shooting “” “”

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