PB3A

So for my WP3 I’m planning to use video games my topic. The academic article I am planning to use as the basis for my two transformed genres is, Action video gaming and cognitive control: playing first person shooter games is associated with improvement in working memory but not action inhibition. For my genre transformation for the younger audience I plan on doing a video game article. This would be an article you would see in a magazine like Gameinformer or a website like IGN. For my older audience I intend to do a Reddit post of the pro and cons of video games.

            In my video game article, I intend for it to be like a descriptive review of the games content. For example, the graphics, gameplay mechanics, multiplayer and campaign mode. The tie-in with the the scholarly article I am intending to use are the video games mentioned in the article as well as the idea that playing FPS games helps working memory. For example, “Your parents may tell you that your killing your brain playing this but really your improving your memory because how else will you remember how to destroy noobs.” It won’t be extremely long because most video game articles are usually around four to six pages long. Sometimes they are longer but that will take a greater amount of time. I’ll also most likely include humor within it as well since most video game articles use humor as a way to keep readers interested. I also plan to include pictures throughout my piece. Since this is towards a younger audience they need things to keep their attention since it is easily lost. Me including pictures would keep their attention and also it would give them an actual picture of what I’m writing about.

            For the older audience, I am still deciding between either doing a Reddit post or a newspaper article. Both will allow me to write about the pros and cons of video games when it comes to children. I will make it how they affect children since it will act like a hook since most kids play video games these days and parents want to know how it affects them. It will probably three pros and 3 cons of the biggest effects. This keeps the piece short and sweet but also informative. The tie-in with the scholarly article I am planning to use is that one of the pro’s of FPS video games is that it improves working memory and doesn’t inhibit other actions. Working memory is an important process for reasoning, comprehension, learning, and memory updating. Once parents hear that playing FPS video games may help improve their child’s learning they’ll be surprised but possibly more lenient with their children. I will probably include a few graphics just so parent’s can have a visual representation of what I am saying as well as giving support to what I am saying. This also reduces the amount of reading a reader would have to do so they would be more likely to read the entire piece of just a small part of it.

            So that’s currently my plan for WP3. Hopefully it goes well because it is going to take some time. It would seem easy but most of the stuff we read in magazines and others sources are written by professional writers and they take a long time writing even if it is a small piece.