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 “” “”