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• Great topic but question needs to be sharper/clearer
• Good to see media language being used- would be good to link mise-en-scene to the question
• is there any evidence of real life crimes copying GTA?
• Record and stats/financial aspects are important but need to link it to the question/ violence ... media debates.
• Big questions here about regulation and censorship 
• blame the game in each case (rather than gun, control, parenting)
• Daily mail article is relevant- but surely the problem is parents not the game. 
• use of online comments- good source of research provides contrast with theory/academic sources  
• similarly with other cases- there is an incentive to the blame in each case. 

WWW:

1. Good use of articles
2. The use of the online comments in the presentation 
3. Using Records/statistics to back your point
4. Media Language being used 
5. GOOD TOPIC

EBI: 

1. Need to make the question more clearer 
2. Link mise-en-scene to the question 
3. Link Records to the question 
4. Make the articles point more clear 
5. Need to look at other aspect of the violence not just the game e.g. parents

The first thing that I will have to do is make the question more sharper and focus the question on one side. I will have to look at the articles that I find in more depth and look at the other sides of the article e.g. The game might not be the only issue affecting parents it could be parents. I can't just blame the violence on the game and have to look at the other issues. 

In Grand Theft Auto Women are represented as the weaker sex and the women don't cause any violence which may be the reason why women aren't affected and don't come up in the media as much as males.  In the game males are represented as the strong sex and this is why many young teenagers copy their hero's in real life because of all the problems that they cause in the game and the people who play the game want to do what they do in real life. this could be a major factor in why violence has increased due to video games.  In the media it is accurate that the male is the more dominate that is the dominate reading in Grand theft Auto. 

In Grand theft Auto the video many different types of people are being represented. One thing that is being represented is the country America and the representation in the game just gives the country bad publicity as there always news about people robbing banks, killing people etc. and this something that the County America doesn't want to be associated with as these are serious crimes. Prostitutes in this game have such a bad representation that they have had protests to ban the game overall. 

From this you could connote that they're very bad people in the USA as some of things that happen in this game are based on real life. It gives a bad reputation of the people in America as they love drugs and love to pay prostitutes and plan to cause problems in society.  You could say that the rock star production have created the black person as the villain who is harming society and all the gangs in the game contain black people and these people are always creating a new equilibrium and the police contain white people restore peace in the community. 

The target audience for this game are teenagers over 17 as the restriction for the game is M which is for mature audience which is over the age of 17, however I believe that the industry promote this game towards parents of younger children. The facts are that they the game comes out on a Friday and all the special offers are on at supermarkets including ASDA and sainsbury and this is the day where parents do their house shopping and their children create the buzz about the game so in the end the parents will buy the game as it be's at a very cheap price. It's almost like the tobacco industry. On the box it says it's for people over the age of 18 but these bosses promote towards younger people. This links to increase in violence as the games contains more violence and children get addicted and want to try what the characters do in real life.I believe that the industry target the class A,B and C because most parents come into these categories and they want the parents to buy the product for their Kids. This is also targeted at D as these are students.  

This article backs up it's points with strong evidence. This articles is from the daily mail and was published on the 14/08/14 and the main point is why do children have access do these video games and the daily mail have put the blame onto the parents as they are the ones who buy the children the video games. In this article some parents admit that there children play these video games including grand theft auto and call of duty.  This article is targeted at parents as it states why parents allow their children to pay these games and ignore the age limits and this a very serious situation and this could be one of the reason why violence has increased with younger children/teenagers as it is very easy to gain access for these games. This is why millions have been put into research to see why violence has increased and a big factor is the use of video games. Gaming counsellors have said that video game addiction is strong as drug addiction and this could be a reason why violence has increased due to the amount in video games. The whole article is related to the video game grand theft auto. There is such strong evidence that violence in video game has increased as more cases are being made in the media and so many serious things have happened including: a kid shooting his Grandparent. 

This article which was published in the telegraph and the topic is the GTA is deliberately trying to downgrade women which 100% correct. The starting sentence is that GTA V's treatment of women aims to make its audience feel uncomfortable. I agree with this point as the three main characters are 3 dominant male's and these 3 men don't care about women as they have sex with them anywhere and prosistitutes are all over the city which has a bad representation of women. The games expert believes this has bad representation on men as no women were included and this is why the blame is lead on to males about violence because the game is about three males.

In Grand theft Auto the main thing that is being represented is the crime and violence in the slums of the big cities and the game wants to show how bad society is and what they do is put: crime, violence prostitution in the game to show how severe the situation is in some of the big cities. However in the game there are many other things that wrong with society as they rob banks, rob cars and kill people with guns. One interesting situation in grand theft auto is how the police are being represented in the game. The police rules aren't strict enough and the police officers can kill anyone. Also you leave  jail, after killing somebody, in 24 hours.  The only affect the character has that the police fine him.  This is just a negative affect on the USA and USA police officers. This is also odd because you would want to represent the police as dominant, Powerful and to have some dignity, however in GTA is completely the opposite as police seem powerless as you leave jain within hours.  They also have a bad representation on the government in USA because it shows how bad some areas in the USA are and the nobody takes any action- this gives us a negative view of the USA.

Grand Theft Auto V Trailer

Grand Theft Auto

Grand Theft Auto is a video game series which has produced some the biggest games from the first play stations to the most recent. Each of the video games has different main character that you be and focus on throughout the game. In the game you take part in many mission which call mayhem and unrest to the in game society. The game is 1 of the biggest sellers and has one of the biggest fan base in the modern day with 3.22 million followers on Twitter.  On first few months of sales the games broke 6 records which include: Highest views on a trailer and quickest to gross over a billion dollars.  The rating category for the video game is M meaning for mature audience over 17. This game contains: blood, intense violence, mature humour, nudity, strong language, strong sexual content, use of drugs and alcohol.

Tragedy and Video Game Violence

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This is article was produced on the 24/09/13 11 days after the game Grand theft auto hit the shops. This article is about how a 15 year old tried to rob the bank.  This was influenced by Grand theft Auto because the main mission in the game is to rob a bank. He had a Fake handgun and demanded the money and this happens in the grand theft auto video game in the bank robbery mission.  It wasn't confirmed that this was influenced by the game GTA- but this incident occurred 10 days after the game released and strong indications that is was influenced from the game because this bank robbery occurs in the game.  The Judge Said: "it's a Bizarre situation nevertheless it was a robbery" This case overall shows the danger of the video game industry and clearly shows that industries really need to take action because it will only get worse.   

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Grand theft auto 5- Facts for Teenagers ( Games Radar targeted at teenagers)

http://www.gamesradar.com/things-you-need-know-playing-grand-theft-auto-online/

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This is from the Kate show which comes on in America on the ABC network. On this show they discuss issues in the media or on social media.  This show they discuss: Arse video games to blame for violent crime? The people discussing this issue are top Dr of Forensics and psychiatrists. The major point that they're discussing is what affect does the games have on individual behaviour. Dr Welner stated high intensity research is ongoing  but could confirm from research that violence in video games and that the gamer is deluded to the violent game.  Coleen Moore states that they do have methods to help the game addicts and treat this issue at the same level as alcoholism. Jim who put this forward to the White house said that 10 million dollars have been put forward to research the violence in video games.  Jim also says that the industry have no further laws and industies are targeting younger audiences but still have age ratings. as they believe parents only have to read the instruction (the box)

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This article was on the SKY NEWS website published on the 24/08/13. What this article covers is the massive affect that these video games have on teenagers and the things that these games can cause and how they affect families. Grand theft auto, the video game, causes children to act like what they see on the TV. This leads very serious issues and this is not the only tragedy that the video game has caused.  This article also fears how the younger children get the video games- when the video game is a "M" mature audiences 17 plus. This leads the blame on to the parents as they're the ones who get hold of the video games. This article also questions: Why did his Gran have the gun in the first place?