Multimedia Collection
Game Over: Gender, Race & Violence in Video Games
VHS
41 minutes
GV1469.3 .G364 2000
Video and computer games represent a $6 billion a year industry. One out of every ten households in America owns a Sony Playstation. Children who own video game equipment play an average of ten hours per week. And yet, despite capturing the attention of millions of children worldwide, video games remain one of the least scrutinized cultural industries.
GAME OVER is the first educational documentary to address the fastest growing segment of the media through engaging questions of gender, race and violence. What are the messages of video games? Why are the vast majority of game players boys and men? Are Video Games desensitizing children to violence? How is race represented in video games? Are interactive video games different from television? What images of masculinity and power are offered? What images of women exist in the video game world?
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