COM 375 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nonviolent Video Game, Game Players, Sports Entertainment
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In conclusion : males and females differ on some cognitive skills, game genres emphasize certain cognitive skills, patterns of skills and genres match gendered preferences, we should be able to replicate this relationship in the lab, predictions: i. Individuals who are high in a cognitive skill will perform better at a game that requires that skill: this relationship will hold regardless of sex iii. Is it well made according to convention: how many skills are required, how challenging are the puzzles, media skill, practice/learning, specialized knowledge, ability (e. g. individual differences in intelligence or cognitive skill) f. Michigan, california, illinois, florida, minnesota: the crux of the legal case, are video games protected speech, are video games harmful to society, are video games worse than other forms of media, the verdicts i. ii. Indiana & missouri found that video games are speech and therefore protected by the first amendment.
