RJA #5

Web:
Resource searched: Citizendium
Keywords Searched: video game violence
operators used: video +game +violence
date of search: 20 JUN 2011
number of hits: 500
relevance of hits: 2 of 5

Resource searched: Debatepedia
keyword searched: video game violence
operators used: none
date of search: 20 JUN 2011
number of hits: 15
relevance of hits: 5 of 5

On the site debatepedia.com, I found a debate titled "Causing aggression and crime? - Do violent and crime-oriented video games lead to increased aggression, violence and criminal acts among their players?" This debate provides arguments for both sides of this issue. As of yet, it is the most relevant page I have come across

Books:
Reference: Auraria Library
Keywords searched: video game violence
operators used: none
Date of search: 20 JUN 2011
Hits: 14
Relevance of hits: 5 of 5

Stop teaching our kids to kill: a call to action against TV, movie & video game violence by Dave Grossman. Published by Crown Publishers, New York, 1999

Fans, bloggers and gamers: exploring participatory culture by Henry Jenkins. published by New York University Press, New York, 2006

Grand theft childhood: the surprising truth about violent video games and what parents can do by Lawrence Kutner. Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2008

Violent video game effects on children and adolescents: theory, research, and public policy by Craig Anderson. Published by Oxford University Press, New York, 2007

Children, gender, video games: towards a relational approach to multimedia by Valerie Walkerdine. Published by Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2007