Evidence that video game ratings really work

Should video games continue to be rated based on age compatibility? Do these categories affect your child's behavior? According to Iowa State University, the answer is yes.

Most video games sold or downloaded have a certain rating designed to provide age-specific guidelines. These guides differ from country to country, but they are based on the contents of the game. Especially when someone notices them, some people question the validity of the evaluation. According to a new study in the state of Iowa, the evaluation is valid when parents follow these ratings.

According to Professor Russell Razniak, Chief Researcher, when parents comply with the rating system, reducing the violent video game will lower the chances of child performance and poor behavior. This survey also shows that parents are interested and worried about the length of time children are stuck together before the game is played. What is violence in the game, it will be

In the United States, video games have been evaluated according to the plan developed by Entertainment Software Rating Board and have been in use since 1994. This is to address concerns about violence and sexual content in certain games. In order to evaluate the appropriateness of the evaluation, researchers in Iowa state conducted online surveys for 220 families with children aged 8 to 12. This age group is thought to be a key to important cognitive changes of children. Through investigation, parents and children were evaluated separately

The parent's question contains information on the level of the game and the number of hours the child plays the video game. I also asked about children's behavior. Questions for children include their views on rules related to video games. Survey demographics data ended with most of the parents as mothers and most of the children as boys.

To encourage "positive" behavior, parents indicated that they need to actively monitor the time and duration of game play by monitoring the evaluation of video games by mediating the purchase of children. In other words, parents are aggressive, informed and need to be involved.

Game developers need to add ratings to the game. This will help parents see the screen and see what their children are playing.

Parents need to control and limit the amount of play of the video game that the child owes, as necessary. This is part of developing a "healthy media diet" for children.

One problem with this study is that parents do not fully understand the various views on the rating system and its applicability.

The results of this study were published in the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing. The title of this research paper is "Parental Restrictive Mediation and Child Violence Video Game: Effectiveness of Entertainment Software Evaluation Committee (ESRB) Evaluation System".

Before Mortal Kombat appeared, the video game was able to simulate peeling off my heart without getting "M" rating from the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). In 1991, the United States had no video game regulation committee. In theory, developers can develop all kinds of games including blood, death, blood. Manufacturers of Mortal Kombat are unlikely to raise discussions about violence in video games across the country but critics in the video game industry use the game's "fatal" function to support the creation of ESRB To do. At the time, no one regulated who could buy a violent video game, and Mortal Kombat is a typical of why video games need to be evaluated like movies and music It became a representative representative. The evaluation given by the ESRB now determines the age for a person to buy a particular game.

The first big controversy in American video games occurred in the early 1990s when games such as Mortal Kombat and Night Trap were launched and was known for violent or sexual scenes for children. Questions regarding video games eventually entered the US Congress. After recommending the establishment of a government committee to establish the evaluation of video games, the Interactive Digital Software Association was founded and approved by a major video game company and the Congressional Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) It was submitted to.