{"id":2035,"date":"2016-02-14T04:32:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-14T04:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/?page_id=2035"},"modified":"2021-12-07T11:58:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T16:58:50","slug":"rhetoricvideogames","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/topicstoanalyze\/rhetoricvideogames\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rhetoric of Video Games: A Cultural Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Scope of the Presentation<\/h1>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><strong>Violence and Sensationalism Surrounding Video Games<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>The Video Game as Political Scapegoat<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><strong>Games of Conquest<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><strong>Phallocentrism in Video Games<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Video Games and the Neo-Liberal Hero<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Digital Humanities<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Methodology and not a Discipline<\/li>\n<li>That definition will change<\/li>\n<li>Digital Rhetoric<br \/>\nMary Hocks (2003): &#8220;digital rhetoric describes a system of <strong>ongoing dialogue<\/strong> and negotiations among writers, audiences, and <strong>institutional contexts<\/strong>, but it focuses on the multiple modalities available for making meaning using new communication and information technologies\u201d (&#8220;Understanding Visual Rhetoric.&#8221; <em>CCC<\/em>: 632)&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Violence and Video Games<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/poyntofview.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/vca_sex_10-24-1995-2011_600w318h.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video game sales rose as violent crime dropped<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cViolent Crime Arrest Rates Among Persons Ages 10-24 Years, by Sex and Year, United States, 1995\u20132011\u201d<br \/>\nFor males: 850.8\/10,000 to 423.1\/10,000\u2014just over a 50% drop<br \/>\nFor females: 136.6\/10,000 to 99.7\/10,000\u2014over a 33% drop<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/search\/title?sort=moviemeter&amp;title_type=game&amp;year=1995,1995\">Violent video games from 1995<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Command &amp; Conquer<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Mortal Kombat 3<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Phantasmagoria<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Video game sales:<br \/>\n1996&#8211;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/library.princeton.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/2009.pdf#page=7\">$2.6 Billion<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n2014&#8211;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theesa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ESA-Essential-Facts-2015.pdf#page=14\">$15.4 Billion<\/a><\/strong> (highest year was 2010, $17.1 Billion)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/media\/content\/images\/newsletter\/M1010a-1.jpg\">97% of children play video games<\/a><\/strong> (Pew Research Center)<\/li>\n<li>74% of gamers are over 18; average age is 35 (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theesa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ESA-Essential-Facts-2015.pdf#page=5\">ESA, 2015<\/a><\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apa.org\/science\/about\/psa\/2003\/10\/anderson.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Craig Anderson (2003) debunks 11 myths&#8230;cites himself 9 times<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kotaku.com.au\/2011\/05\/does-this-experiment-prove-violent-games-increase-aggressive-behaviour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Noise blast test<\/a><\/strong> (slow loading)<\/li>\n<li>Video game advancements allow for more detailed, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h5E7foBZX-Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">graphic depictions of violence<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=veC4XOfydIc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video game technology: A brief history of <em>Wolfenstein<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Games of Conquest<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I634sODnS9U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lords of Conquest<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/genderdigital\/rhetoricvideogames\/civilization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Civilization<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>Hitman<\/em>, one killing at a time\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R7iPi5gocB4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Control algorithm<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vUQ8J_PEtRo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Up close and personal<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0UuzZmjYlZs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Popular culture reproduction<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Phallocentrism in Video Games<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C6taH7rmUvc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Female bodies controlled by the gamer, <em>Hitman<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X1QU8Vjq9z8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virtual sex(work), <em>GTA: San Andreas<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-l62729rya0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Misogyny\u00a0reproduced, <em>GTA: San Andreas<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gnu2miSqZy0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Time for <em>Wolfenstein: New Order<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aeL9gagV_VA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indulgence without Risk of Being&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Disclaimers<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamesforchange.org\/play\/september-12th-a-toy-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Possibilities for video games<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scope of the Presentation Violence and Sensationalism Surrounding Video Games The Video Game as Political Scapegoat Games of Conquest Phallocentrism in Video Games Video Games and the Neo-Liberal Hero Digital Humanities Methodology and not a Discipline That definition will change Digital Rhetoric Mary Hocks (2003): &#8220;digital rhetoric describes a system of ongoing dialogue and negotiations 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