America's Army Response

1. Right in the very middle, it says "...REAL HERO" in all caps, conveying the message that if you join the army, you will become a real hero, opposed to being a 'fake hero' if you were to join some other organization - like the Peace Corps., which is completely rediculous!They also list the 'seven core army values' which implies the army stands for respect, duty, etc. So it makes me think if you join the army, you'll become a better person.

The content seems to be targeting young men, who probably have the vision of becoming 'heroes' and 'stronger' beings, etc.

2. I'm going to have to say that I disagree and I do not think a videogame or website could ever teach you about war or acurately depict war. To say that because someone likes playing war games (Splinter Cell, etc), they'd like to be a soldier is stupid. I think fighting in a war is probably incomparable to any other experience one might go through and you definitely cannot compare it to a videogame.

3. I don't think the website or videogame necessarily promote violence. They do convey violence, but I don't think the violent videogames are made for the sole purpose of trying to make kids more violent. Videogames and TV shows and movies have only gotten worse since I was a kid. They are really violent - some videogames I've seen are pretty rediculous. For example, there's a game for PS3 game, Assassin's Creed, where you are an assassin and the object of the game is to go around and murder people. Boys love playing it and the videogame producers want money, so violent games are probably going to be around for a while.