Media and Participation- Truth

http://www.biblipedia.net/notes/add/book/181 This is my synopsis of the book, ‘Fans, Bloggers and Gamers’ by Henry Jenkins

Two contrasting articles: 
http://johnteshblog.typepad.com/john_tesh_blog/2008/01/the-harmful-eff.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/oct/26/games.childrens I compared these two articles on the effect gaming has on children. The Guardian article argues that gaming does not encourage children to behave violently. However, the source the article uses is biased as it is the creator of one of the most popular games in the world, ‘The Sims’ and ‘Sim City’. The blog , while only showed one side of the argument, supported its views with statistics which I felt made the article less biased which surprised me. I originally thought The Guardian would be les biased and would include more statistics than the blog as it is a broad sheet newspaper which is generally respected and thought of as giving honest, fair news. These quotes from the articles sum up their conflicting views well. “Video games do no harm to children…” Guardian. While in contrast, “…kids are too exposed to violence on TV, film and especially video games.” The language used in both articles was difficult to compare as, The Guardian uses many quotes from Will Wright, the gaming creator who uses slang words. Whereas the blog uses more forml language than I had expected. Both articles mention shooting that happened in America and whereas the blog talks in sympathy towards it, The Guardian touches lightly on it and speaks in more matter of fact manner. This highlights the difference between a traditional media source and a non traditional media source. The blog allows the user to add more emotion and heart felt opinions, whereas, The Guardian should provide a more factual account of events or views.

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February 19, 2008 / 9:58 pm
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