Hamid, Ros Syammimi and Shiratuddin, Norshuhada (2016) Filtering violence and sexual content: the necessities of digital games content rating system for Malaysia’s environment. Journal of Telecommunication, Electronic and Computer Engineering, 8 (8). pp. 83-89. ISSN 2180-1843

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Abstract

Numerous studies revealed that playing digital games with adverse contents can lead to negative effects. Therefore, this article presents a review of the harmful contents and the detrimental effects of playing digital games.Violent and sexual contents of digital games, digital games scenarios in Malaysia, and review of existing content rating system are covered.The review indicates that Malaysia should have its own digital games content ratings system to control the contents and inform the users about the contents of the games that they wish to consume

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Digital Games; Rating System; Violent Content; Sexual Content.
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Divisions:	School of Multimedia Technology & Communication
Depositing User:	Mdm. Ros Syammimi Hamid
Date Deposited:	03 Jan 2017 03:34
Last Modified:	03 Jan 2017 03:34
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/20502

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