critical investigation research - gaming

How do video games such as 'Call of Duty' and 'Grand Theft Auto' push the boundaries of on-screen violence and what is the impact of this on audiences?

‘A society that glorifies violence will grow more violent’  
- This quote connotes that we as a society push forth ideas of violence and that games such as call of duty have made us more violent because the main characters are seen as heroes (relating to Propp's character roles) and therefore will end up with more violent generations in years to come

Not only have video games benefited consumers, but also contributed to the economy as 'In the UK British games companies contributed around £2 billion to the economy’

- This figure of games companies contributing to around £2 billion to the UK economy shows how many people actually buy these games as an entertainment source. It doesn't state how many of violent games were bought but shows that a large amount of UK residents are gamers and the majority of the games most likely do have some violence in them.

With Web 2.0 converging many of the media platforms, accessibility to violent media content on the web has been made more easier than ever, ‘User generated content on sites such as Youtube does not carry any age classification, nor is there a watershed before which it cannot be viewed’ 
- This quote states that it is much easier to access violence due to improved technology allowing us to pretty much access videos of violence, games with violence etc from anywhere we want.