The article entitled "Parents concerned with Miss Bimbo game" posted on Telegraph.co.uk have certainly became a concern for parents with young daughters who are hooked in this new internet craze where young girls are given an online altered ego – virtual characters that they can perform plastic surgery and feed them diet pills. The aim of the game is to become “the coolest, richest and most famous bimbo in the whole world”.
They are given missions, including securing plastic surgery to give their “bimbo” bigger breasts and finding a filthy rich boyfriend to bankroll her, while keeping track on her hunger level, thirst, and happiness, just to name a few.
While the game’s creators claim it to be “harmless fun”, parents fear it will fuel teenagers’ desire for plastic surgery as well as leading to eating disorders.
Miss Bimbo Webpage
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(Image by Google.Com)
Miss Bimbo Breast Implants and Diet Pills
(Image by Google.Com)
Miss Bimbo Virtual Character
(Image by Google.Com)
Personal Opinion
I believe that in this time and age, children are becoming even more vulnerable to the influences of the media. As Kress and van Leeuwen (1997) stated that texts and images convey meaning to a document. In this case however, the images portrayed by Miss Bimbo convey a negative meaning by making girls see these virtual dolls as the “perfect” definition to beauty.
In addition, this virtual game has concerned many parents as the dressing and manner of the virtual dolls are portrayed in a very unscrupulous conduct. This can be supported by what Shriver (1997) said, that images and texts are important so that people will be able to comprehend it.
To conclude, I do not think of this virtual game as “harmless fun” as it will be able to destroy the minds of young children that are growing up in the age of technological development. Just like the phrase “Monkey see, monkey do”, these visual graphics that young girls feed on will definitely play a part in shaping their future.
I believe that in this time and age, children are becoming even more vulnerable to the influences of the media. As Kress and van Leeuwen (1997) stated that texts and images convey meaning to a document. In this case however, the images portrayed by Miss Bimbo convey a negative meaning by making girls see these virtual dolls as the “perfect” definition to beauty.
In addition, this virtual game has concerned many parents as the dressing and manner of the virtual dolls are portrayed in a very unscrupulous conduct. This can be supported by what Shriver (1997) said, that images and texts are important so that people will be able to comprehend it.
To conclude, I do not think of this virtual game as “harmless fun” as it will be able to destroy the minds of young children that are growing up in the age of technological development. Just like the phrase “Monkey see, monkey do”, these visual graphics that young girls feed on will definitely play a part in shaping their future.
References
Kress, G & van Leeuwen, T 1997, Page to screen: taking literacy into the electronic era, “Chapter 3: Visual and verbal modes of representation in electronically mediated communication: the potentials new forms of text”, Allen & Unwin, New South Wales, pp.53-79.
'Parents concerned about Miss Bimbo game', 2008, Telegraph.co.uk, viewed on 13 November 2007, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1582762/Parents-concerned-about-Miss-Bimbo-game.html
Shriver, KA 1997, Dynamics in document design: creating texts for readers, “Chapter 6: The interplay of words and pictures”, Wiley Computer Publication, New York, pp.364-441.Telegraph.co.uk 2008, “Parents concerned about Miss Bimbo game”, viewed on 13 November 2008, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1582762/Parents-concerned-about-Miss-Bimbo-game.html
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