Scripting their stories: parents' experiences with their adolescents and video games

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dc.contributor.authorMadill, Leanna E
dc.contributor.supervisorSanford, Kathy
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-27T05:30:00Z
dc.date.available2011-04-27T05:30:00Z
dc.date.copyright2011en_US
dc.date.issued2011-04-26
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy Ph.D.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study explores the experiences of parents around video games and their adolescent children. Nine parents participated in individual and focus group interviews which asked them to reflect and consider their interactions, opinions, and beliefs about video games and their adolescent children who are gamers. Drawing on Critical Discourse Analysis the data revealed themes of power, fear, and judgment. The analysis is best represented by ethnodramatic scripts. These scripts depict parents’ concerns of video games, perceptions of their adolescent children, their beliefs about parenting, and the influence of societal messages. The complexities and sometimes contradictions available in the scripts suggest that more conversations are necessary about how parenting, video games, and gamers intersect so that many of the fears can be overcome and more critical approaches can be adopted.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/3253
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectVideo gamesen_US
dc.subjectparentsen_US
dc.subjectadolescentsen_US
dc.subjectethnodramaen_US
dc.subjectcritical discourse analysisen_US
dc.subjecteducationen_US
dc.subjecttechnologyen_US
dc.subjectteacher educationen_US
dc.titleScripting their stories: parents' experiences with their adolescents and video gamesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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