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Media Ethics and history, 3
Ethics and history, test number 3/3
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History
Undergraduate 1
11/12/2008

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Gottlieb and Williams created this
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Pinball
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Russell, bushnaer and Baer are credited with these
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Electronic video games
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On screen actions defines this
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Video games
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Games demographics are
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Widely varied, in age groups, gender, etc.
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Consoles, PCs, the Internet, and Mobile phones
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Popular video game platforms.
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Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo own them all
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Consoles
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Games are designed by who?
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Third party publishers
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Rising costs have caused them
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Franchises, blockbusters, and sequels.
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Hypercommercialism in gaming includes
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Product placement (Babe Ruth in the Subways and all), advergaming (burger king's 'Be the king' games)
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ESRB Ratings
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Range from EC (early child) to A (Adults only).
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Sticky
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Somewhere/thing that keeps a person's attention for an extended period of time: IE video games. Important in advertising.
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There is no universal ethical model
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Foucault
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Self identity is necessary to make ethical judgments
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Foucault
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Ethics are a lifestyle, a way of thinking
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Foucault
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Frenchman, he attempted suicide in college, over his homosexuality
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Foucault
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Before making a decision ask: Does this match my personal standards? What relationships are influencing me?
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Foucault
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Born a french peasant, he taught, and hated it. Known for his 'Fifty television sets [...] that line one wall.'
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Baudrillard
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Believes postmodernism isn't anything at all. Also, known as the 'high priest' or postmodernism.
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Baudrillard
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Believes many negative postmodernist qualities are 'feminine.'
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Baudrillard
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The world is not grounded in any sort of permanence, in post modernism.
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Baudrillard
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Select the choice that is the least minpulative and intrusive. Passive resistance.
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Baudrillard.
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