The America’s Army website has designed it’s websites in a way that captures the attention of the searcher. The home page is very professionally put together which would make it easier for the searcher to acquire the information needed in a timely manner. The heading of each topic is in bold or italic which implies the importance of it. The Heroes displayed gives the website more credibility; these pictures of the heroes are included to inspire young adults and teens to gain fame, success, and productivity.
The intended audience is teens above the age of thirteen. The website is credible in respect to the information provided. On the other hand, the games are manipulating; some give only the positive ideology of war and others reveal the aggressiveness. I don’t agree with Navy veteran Boyle, “that this website/game indoctrinates the ideology of war.” These games are not ideal in terms of credibility. Young teens are not at level of maturity to differentiate between the truth and the fabricated; therefore they are easily influenced in thinking the way the game programmers want them to visualize.
The media controverts the websites ideology of war. In most credible news channels, they reveal the validity of the events in addition to both sides of the story, which helps the viewer to take a stance, but the websites shows aspects of war that may only appeal to one kind of gender, race, ethnicity and nationality.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
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