Planning

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 For the book, I would be interested in the chapter "Harmful effects of gaming" and I would like to discuss the over sexualisation of women in games. I feel this would be an interesting sub-topic as this can have multiple harmful effects on people especially women. 

Some useful articles that I have found on the topic:

The One-Sided Problem of Oversexualization in Video Games: https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2012/11/28/the-one-sided-problem-of-oversexualization-in-video-games/?sh=b3fa68355ff0


Let’s talk about sexualisation in video games:


Video Games Still Overly Sexualise Female Characters, Study Finds: https://www.thewrap.com/video-games-still-overly-sexualize-female-characters-study-finds/

There are plenty of resources online that I feel would be really useful for this sub topic and I'm excited to research more into it!

I found the library tour that Lindsey gave us on Thursday morning to be really useful as I find referencing to be quite confusing at times. But this cleared up a lot of questions that I had!

I think that the matrix method strategy fr research sounds very useful and would help me to keep organised for this project. I like how all the information that you need is right there in-front of you so that you can keep track on it. I will definitely be using that strategy this term. 

I also personally like to keep either a notes folder or a word document with all the links to the websites I've gotten my research from so I can easily find all of the information when it comes to referencing.

Man, Writing, Laptop, Computer, Write, Studying

Comments

  1. Kyle WrightFebruary 7, 2022 at 11:50 AM

    Hey Mary,

    I like the subject you've chosen. There are many different ways that video games can be harmful and a lot of these issues aren't spoken about enough. I'm looking forward to following your blog over the next few months and see how your research goes! Great start :)

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