Media Studies Mest 4 - Detailed CI Essay Plan

For the fourth task of our critical investigation we are asked to present a detailed CI essay plan for the essay that we are going to do on our questions, marking out each of the sections that we are going to focus on in our essay.

CI - Is our generation of 21st century gaming a reflection of different realities?

Intro - 

• Introduce the question. 
• Outline the texts that is being focused on, e.g. Grand theft auto & Call of duty - (Brief overview)
• How involved is gaming in our everyday lives? - As games are becoming more real is that attracting consumers? 

Main Body 1 - 

• Outline what each game is about e.g Storyline, (talk about the concepts of the game) e.g. multiplayer, DLCs. - Why are these important? 
• Include the theories that you have covered that is linked in with the chosen texts - how do they link? - does the theories answer the question?! 
• Talk about what type of realties does the game reflects and how does it do that. e.g. for call of duty the game maintains the combined infantry of world war 1 & 2 and the modern warfare in today's reality. & for grand theft auto the game is based on crime, revenge, status, love and loss, all of these key concepts are present into our everyday lives. 

Main Body 2 - 

• Include M.I.G.R.A.I.N analysis of each text, include all platforms of media- Print, Broadcast & E-media-give an analysis of the websites that link to your chosen texts, outline the videos that have been looked at throughout the research e.g. gameplays, gamescom assemblies etc, analysis the print texts that also links to the CI, e.g. gamesmaster, playstation magazine - talk about the language invoved, how does this relate and appeal to the audience?   
• Outline the historical context of each text - how has the game grown up with our generation? - Explain how the pilot games of each franchise can be nostalgic to our generation. - What was the games like then? Make a comparison between thee first games and the latest game of the franchise.
• Outline the main theory 'Postmodernism' and how it links in with the texts that is being focused on. - What makes the games postmodern? E.g. Setting, contents, characters. 
• Outline each text, and make on reference to each media platform. - How does it relate to the target audience? (There is more to the texts than just playing the game!!) 

Conclusion - 

• Link everything back to the CI question. 
• Is our generation of 21st century gaming a reflection of different realities? - Answer the question with evidence. 
• Sum up the main points that have been made in the essay. - Give opinion.