{"id":4482,"date":"2014-09-23T05:53:53","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T05:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/09\/23\/smashsurvey-now-think-of-how-many-of-those\/"},"modified":"2015-02-20T06:18:52","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T06:18:52","slug":"smashsurvey-now-think-of-how-many-of-those","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/09\/23\/smashsurvey-now-think-of-how-many-of-those\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4482 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/09\/23\/smashsurvey-now-think-of-how-many-of-those\/attachment\/4483\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/files\/2014\/09\/tumblr_n3v8pxmILW1ty9o5so2_500-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/09\/23\/smashsurvey-now-think-of-how-many-of-those\/attachment\/4484\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/files\/2014\/09\/tumblr_n3v8pxmILW1ty9o5so1_500-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/smashsurvey.tumblr.com\/post\/82379379025\/now-think-of-how-many-of-those-female-characters\">smashsurvey<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Now think of how many of those female characters and protagonists are oversexed, created for the male gaze, or put in an inactive damsel role for the plot of the game. <strong>Representation\u00a0matters.\u00a0<\/strong>A Study last year proved that exposure to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/06\/01\/showbiz\/tv\/tv-kids-self-esteem\/index.html\"><strong>tv shows increased the self esteem of young white boys and markedly\u00a0<em>decreased\u00a0<\/em>the confidence and self esteem of girls across the board<\/strong><\/a> (and we haven\u2019t even started on the representation of characters of color and the effect it has on children\u2019s self perception).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Video games are a different media, and even more concerning if representation metrics are changing how our kids think of themselves. Especially knowing that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esrb.org\/about\/video-game-industry-statistics.jsp\">67% of American Households have video game consoles<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npd.com\/wps\/portal\/npd\/us\/news\/press-releases\/pr_111011\/\">91% of Children play\u00a0video games\u00a0regularly<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>how do you think the portrayal (and lack of portrayals) of women and girls in these games is affecting little girls \u2013 or influencing how little boys view their importance and\/or influence over them?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><small><strong>\u2014<\/strong> Comics. Movies. Lit. Pop Culture.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/smashsurvey.tumblr.com\">The Smash Survey<\/a> is an upcoming podcast project that will critically explore the representation of race, gender, and queer identity in media and pop culture in a fun and engaging format.\u00a0<\/small><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>smashsurvey: Now think of how many of those female characters and protagonists are oversexed, created for the male gaze, or put in an inactive damsel role for the plot of the game. Representation\u00a0matters.\u00a0A Study last year proved that exposure to tv shows increased the self esteem of young white boys and markedly\u00a0decreased\u00a0the confidence and self &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/09\/23\/smashsurvey-now-think-of-how-many-of-those\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4482"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4482"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4485,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4482\/revisions\/4485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}