Individuals On Games Empowering Violent Behaviors

Since we live in a technology age, technology is being formed into entertainment for people of all ages such as video games and television. Although, these forms of entertainment are a good way to stay informed, they can also be corrupting different ages Behavior differentiation has been an all-time high for children all over the U.S, and many researchers have found the reasoning to why these changes are happening. This is tied behind the non-socially acceptable behaviors to violence and type content that is put out through technological entertainment (Carnagey, N. L., Anderson, C. A., & Bushman, B. J., 2007). Video games today are made completely different then many years ago; in today’s world you could find a gaming console in every household. Most games today try to connect you into a game mentally, which will overall try and make you a part of any type of game. The visual effects of video games unfortunately stay with a child as they grow up, children may think that what they have seen are could be perform in society. Different topics will be addressed throughout this paper such as how violence and aggression can be influential in the real world, the different effects video games can have on the brain, the negative effects of violent video games on behavior, how addiction of games can lead to other serious addictions, concerns on social development

Video games are a common way to pass time in a young adult's life. Instead of going outside and playing with friends teens chose to play violent games that can change their behavior. Depression, anger, and mental health problems can be caused from these violent games. Some may argues these games are helpful to a teen's development but in reality they can be deteriorating. Teens should not play violent video games because they make kids aggressive, teaches teens how to use guns, and makes children dull to emotion and reality.

Now video games are getting more and more popular, and teenagers like to play them. However, many parents are worry about that some types of game are not suitable for teenagers, like violent video games, they believe it will bring some negative effect to teenagers. Although parents believe that violent video games are harmful, it cannot be banned. Therefore, the parents should supervise their children play the violent video games. In many people’s view, violent video game possible bring negative effect to teenagers in three ways, psychological, morality and aggressive behavior.

Today our world is surrounded by technology and new inventions that make our lives better. Some of the most popular of hobbies among children and teenagers are video games, but what many people don’t know is that they are bad for them. Violent video games in particular have been proven to not be appropriate for the age groups that play them and to have a negative effect on school, social behavior, and increase aggression.

Video games are one of America’s most beloved pastimes, especially when it comes to teenagers. A whopping 97% of teenagers play video games, as opposed to only about 40% participate in sports. (http://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/Horizons/2008/0916/by-the-numbers-teens-and-video-games http://www.aspenprojectplay.org/the-facts.) This high percentage is still growing. Teens devotion for video games is becoming more and more popular, especially as more games of all different genres are becoming available. One of these video game genres in particular has created a chain reaction of scientific studies involving fistfights all the way to mass shootings. This genre is violent video games.

The teens should not be playing these violent video games due to them being aggressive during and after play. Studies are proving teens are getting way too aggressive either at home or out in public. “”Two studies examined the relationship

Many people have theorized that violence in video games have contributed to violent outbreaks of behavior in real life. Violent video games have been a political issue since the early 1980s; however, people forget to look at how people of all ages spend their free time playing these games for entertainment. 97% of 12-17 year olds in the US played video games in 2008, thus fueling an $11.7 billion domestic video game industry. In 2008, 10 of the top 20 best-selling video games in the US contained violence. Video games are a source for entertainment, not a possible source of corruption to our society. “According to an Oct. 28 USA Today article, up to 50 percent of children and teens have some type of gaming console in their bedrooms” (Pittman). I do agree that kids do spend too much time being entertained playing video games and too little time riding a bike or playing sports with friends in the street being active. However, violent video games are not turning kids into violent psychopaths. If they were, statistics would show a dramatic increase in youth violence in recent years based on the amount of time modern kids spend playing such games. However, violence in video games doesn’t directly correlate with violence in young youth because of the decrease in crime rate, mental stability and the quality of home life, and it’s stress reliever.

This article is a controversial article about how video games have contributed violence adolescents in today’s society. The article states the pro and cons of adolescents that are playing video games and how video games affect them. According to this article, studies shows that some believe that video game reduce violence in adolescent. However, studies show that many adolescents’ boys that play Grand Theft Auto have hit or beat up someone in school. Other studies shows that many children and teens that play violent video games desensitize adolescent into real life violence and also major bullying. The intended audiences for this article is for people that for violent video games and people that are against violent video games.

Violent video games and many games in general also rob kids and adults of living life. Instead of going outside hiking, biking, or hanging out with friends at a coffee shop, young adults stay inside in their own virtual reality. If young adults stay inside playing games, they won’t be able to go out into the world and grow. Kids won’t learn how to properly communicate with people and learn social skills. Video games are ultimately a distraction for kids. Kids won’t focus on school or any responsibilities they might have all they can think about is their game.

Although there are many valid arguments to why violent video games lead to aggression which can turn into potential violate behavior, our group has found research that proves that violate video games do not contribute to aggression as much as the opposing view perceives. We have also found several flaws concerning these results which further supports our position. In addition, although this may be shocking, according to our research, violent video games, when played in the right content, can be beneficial to its players. By looking at the positive effects and lack of correlation between violent video games and aggression, our group will prove and focus on why violent video games are an inadequate excuse to claim when concerning why some minors may become involved in illegal behaviors.

Video games have been around for half a century, when the first simple tennis game was designed by William Higinbotham in 1958. Since then, video games have gotten more in depth, and now include the best graphics and a vast amount of options which include violent video games. Violent video games have gotten more popular with the vast amount of variety including the franchise of Call of Duty, Battlefield, and Grand Theft Auto. In addition, these are the most common and sought after video games, and because of the violence in those games, debate has started whether or not violent video games cause people especially adolescents to be more violent and destructive in society. Since the debate has started, research has been conducted and the introduction of violent video games into society has not resulted in violence to increase in adolescents and children.

Video games over the years have developed into graphic bloody sources of ideas for adolescents. The games kids play today has large physiological effects that can really mess with one 's mind. Violent video games have a long history of provoking aggressive behavior which can ultimately lead to people getting hurt. The realism gives the players more power by making them immune to the reality of the situation.

Video games are making teens more aggressive and violent. Our children are at danger. Are the teens of today in jeopardy of being outrageous and physiologically aroused? Are we producing a violent youth? What are video games doing to our kids other than providing entertainment? What can we except from the generations to come in this video-game overtaken era? In this research paper, I will be demonstrating how video games make teenagers violent and aggressive and how studies prove it. An in-depth discussion on the negative impacts of video games on teens will also be done along with the good it brings to our children’s minds. Video games have been around for few decades. Has it done any good other

“ Video game violence has become a highly politicized issue for scientists and the general public ” ( Ferguson, 2007 p309). The video game is always controversial as some of them contain sexual and violence and so on. Especially some violence games were played by the adolescents. Adolescents are very fragility. Violent video games are negative for the children which will impact their social relationship, their health and make them has aggressive behavior.

Video games are now more popular than ever before. Video games have been a popular form of entertainment in the lives of children and adults alike. However, these games have become more and more violent and aggressive in nature over the past couple of years. This is mainly because of the great technological leaps that video games have had over the past 30 years. As the complexity of video games progressed as did the graphics. This led to more realistic video games and more graphic intensive games. Consequently, violent video games such as, Call of Duty grew in popularity. This begs the question, what effects do video games have on teenagers? On one hand, videogames are known to lead to aggressive behaviour and desensitize our generation 's