Link to Colin’s Final Prototype on Construct 3: https://www.construct.net/en/free-online-games/colin-hanrahans-final-42528/play ______________________________________________________ Here is the link to my final Prototype in Construct 3. It was very informative and exciting to research Media Dependency Theory as a Framework to prove the thesis in how women above the age of 30 have increased mental stress when watching cable news due to its fear-inducing segments.
Claim : Women above the age of 30 have increased mental stress when watching cable news due to it’s fear-inducing segments. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Independent Variable : The News channels and Which days we chose to record the news for the experiment. Dependent Variable : What news stories does the channel decide to show. How the women will react to the shown stories. Controlled Variable: I decided to use the same sequence the news stories were reported to show to the women. This is so that the experiment is performed the in the least biased way possible. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Prototype: -I decided to utilize construct 3 and code an app that would basically be a questionnaire. It would portray a series of news segments from one of the news channels that was shown that same day. -After the user enters their name and age they will be sent to a page which shows...