Scope of the Presentation

Digital Humanities

Methodology and not a Discipline
That definition will change
Digital Rhetoric
Mary Hocks (2003): “digital rhetoric describes a system of ongoing dialogue and negotiations among writers, audiences, and institutional contexts, but it focuses on the multiple modalities available for making meaning using new communication and information technologies” (“Understanding Visual Rhetoric.” CCC: 632)”

Video game sales rose as violent crime dropped
- “Violent Crime Arrest Rates Among Persons Ages 10-24 Years, by Sex and Year, United States, 1995–2011”
  For males: 850.8/10,000 to 423.1/10,000—just over a 50% drop
  For females: 136.6/10,000 to 99.7/10,000—over a 33% drop
- Violent video games from 1995
  - Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller
  - Command & Conquer
  - Mortal Kombat 3
  - Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
  - Phantasmagoria
- Video game sales:
  1996–$2.6 Billion
  2014–$15.4 Billion (highest year was 2010, $17.1 Billion)
- 97% of children play video games (Pew Research Center)
- 74% of gamers are over 18; average age is 35 (ESA, 2015)
Craig Anderson (2003) debunks 11 myths…cites himself 9 times
Noise blast test (slow loading)
Video game advancements allow for more detailed, graphic depictions of violence
- Video game technology: A brief history of Wolfenstein