TED Talk-Jane's Video

One of the reasons that we play games or video games is because it builds better relationships. For example, playing with your dad is good for the relationship because it builds a bond between you and him. Even if it's playing catch with a ball or playing a card game. There is still a connection there. A second reason that people play games is that it creates more opportunities for people because they are able to be more creative. They can express themselves in different ways. This is shown when people play video games. They can create their own avatar and they don't have to be themselves. They can be who ever they want to be and nobody will know who you actually are. It gives people a chance to not be judged and to have freedom and feel powerful.

Some people experience post traumatic growth which is when people can have different opportunities to live a better life or make them want to do better in their life. If someone is down, video games actually can bring them up because they have fun and they don't have to worry about their real life for this little while.

Comparing and Contrasting Men and Women

Men and women have similarities but they also have differences. In the reading of Mass Media and Modern Men they listed a lot of similarities. Men want to be treated just as equal as women do. For example, a lot of sitcoms give the husband crap because he doesn't know how to do the laundry, cooking, or taking care of kids. In reality, a lot of men do know how to do all of that and more. Just like women know how to do all of that and more.

A difference between them is that women are to be seen as beautiful where as men are to be seen as funny. In the reading of Mass Media and Modern men, it shows that sitcoms and media are showing different personalities on purpose. They try to find a hot or beautiful woman to be the wife of a funny man. For example Kings and Queens that shows on TBS. The wife is beautiful while the husband is suppose to be funny. None of this is fair at all because aren't always like this in their every day lives.

Birging and Corfing

Each game is transparent spectators can see for themselves what is happening and why. This is birging because the fans and spectators are going for their favorite team to win. Since in games there are competitions and the losing team doesn't want to be associated with that team, then that is corfing. Parents who played games as kids, then have kids, and relive their lives through their kids as their kids play their own games. This is birging because they are going with their kids and being supportive.