video game research–violence & aggression
1. Summarize the literature review of both articles. In this section…
Identify the predominant theory, model, concept, or framework used to organize each literature review. Briefly describe its characteristics.
Identify the main thing the author is interested in that existing research has not accounted for.
2. Summarize the method of both articles. For each study…
Identify the game(s) selected.
Identify the objects/actions the authors analyzed.
For each object/action analyzed, provide an example of something they coded in each study (e.g., missing clothing or the presence of blood).
3. Summarize the most important results of both articles. For each study…
Refer to the first finding(s) the authors list in the discussion section. Link what the authors say in the discussion section to the results section to help you understand how the authors interpreted the numerical results.
4. Briefly reflect on what you learned. Consider the following in this section…
Were any of the findings surprising? Why or why not?
Sample essay : https://docs.google.com/document/d/16JwiTvNNQGOKUTHRDPp9l3mlYpFJXctmMULSY6hO8Qw/edit?usp=sharing
