A N N A K A D R I C

Children in the digital world

Video Games

Games’ Rating

EC (Early

Childhood)

E (Everyone)

E 10+ (Everyone 10+)

T (Teen)

M (Mature)

AO (Adults Only)

For ages 3 and older

For ages 6 and older. May contain minimal cartoon, fantasy, or mild violence and/or infrequent use of mild language

For ages 10 and older. May contain more cartoon, fantasy, or mild violence, mild language & minimal suggestive themes.

For ages 13 and older. May contain violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, minimal blood, simulated gambling & infrequent use of strong language

For persons ages 17 and older. May contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content & strong language

For ages 18 years and older. May include prolonged scenes of intense violence, graphic sexual content & nudity

Violent Games

Violent video games focus primarily on combat including weapons

GTA

Main characters: criminals

Game objective: commit crime & hide from law enforcement

“Bonus”:

Use torture equipment in a hostage interrogation

Degrading towards women

1-1 lessons in drug dealing

Shooting everyone in sight

Examples

Violent Games = Violent Children?

General consensus among scholars (over 130 studies) that violent video games:

Increase aggressive thoughts, angry feelings, physiological arousal (e.g., heart rate, blood pressure), and aggressive behavior

Decrease feelings of empathy for others

Can be directly linked to poor school performance, hostility and arguments with teachers

Violent games directly reward violent behavior

Frequent playing can lead to gaming addiction

Social Media

Age Restrictions

Kik Facebook Instagram Snapchat Pinterest Vine YouTube

13 13 13 13 13 17 13*

* With parental approval

Why Should We Care

1. Children's personal information is at risk

2. Children under 13 don't have the mental

maturity to make smart decisions online

3. Lying online spills into lying in real life

4. Children under 13 are less likely to tell a

grownup (or even understand) that they are

bullied online

Did You Know…

… that social media platforms can use your content

(posts & images) in their marketing material?

… that social media platforms can also give those

rights to a third party companies

… that social media platforms are not moderated

unless somebody reports a problem

… that Instagram geo-tags photos revealing user’s

location

References

http://ithp.org/articles/violentvideogames.html

https://news.osu.edu/news/2014/10/06/broad-consensus-that-violent-media-increase-child-aggression/

http://www.kik.com/terms/

https://www.facebook.com/help/210644045634222

https://help.instagram.com/154475974694511/

https://about.pinterest.com/en/terms-service

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diana-graber/3-reasons-why-social-media-age-restrictions-matter_b_5935924.html

http://www.chicagonow.com/tween-us/2013/05/snapchat-images-retrieve-disappear/

Thank you