青少年视频游戏的内容和评分
Kevin Haninger1, Kimberly M Thompson
1Center on Media and Child Health, Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass, USA.
JAMA
|February 19, 2004
概括
许多T级视频游戏包含暴力和性主题等意想不到的内容,通常没有明确的ESRB内容描述符. 家长和医生应该意识到青少年的这种潜在暴露.
科学领域:
- 媒体研究 媒体研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
背景情况:
- 儿童在媒体上接触暴力,性主题和物质是一个公共卫生问题.
- 针对老年儿童和青少年的电子游戏的内容尚未被彻底量化或与评级进行比较.
研究的目的:
- 量化和描述T级视频游戏中的内容.
- 评估观察到的游戏内容与ESRB评级之间的一致性.
主要方法:
- 创建了396个T级游戏的数据库.
- 采样了81个游戏,至少玩了一个小时.
- 定量内容评估和与ESRB描述符的比较.
主要成果:
- 98%的游戏包含暴力;90%的游戏奖励/要求伤害角色.
- 42%的图片描绘了血液,27%的图片描绘了性主题,27%的图片描绘了亵,15%的图片描绘了物质.
- 发现了差异:48%的游戏有未列出的内容,9%有未观察到的列出的内容.
结论:
- 对于青少年和家长来说,T级视频游戏包含了重要的,可能令人惊的内容.
- 医生和家长需要意识到受欢迎的T级游戏中的意想不到的内容暴露.
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