Negative Effects Of Video Games

Have you ever thought about playing video games, but your parents don’t like you playing them? Well not all video games are violent, crime ridden, based off of you killing things. Parents also think that your not socializing with anyone while playing video games.Well There are quite a few games out there that are based off of gamers socializing with other gamers through the game, there are also plenty of games that are based off of strategy, reaction times, and there are some that are proven to help the player become smarter and slow down old age.

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Have you ever wondered why people enjoy playing video games? Players often find video games to be fun and exciting. But there’s a downside. Many adults assume that video games are harmful to the player, but that’s not necessarily true. Most people don’t understand that playing video games also comes with many benefits. We need to change how the world targets video games as always being “harmful”. Although, many people think video games are harmful, video games have positive effects on people in terms of perceptual tasks, having great educational potential, and improving problem-solving skills.

Joan Jett’s song, “I don’t give a damn bout my bad reputation” may seem to express the sentiment of the gaming industry. Despite being accused of impairing academic achievement, leading to obesity, and contributing to violent behavior, the gaming industry continues to market to children and to create an increasing number of violent games. It appears that this billion dollar industry has a blatant disregard for the public’s wellbeing. Because of these claims of detrimental effects, anti-game laws have made their way to the Supreme Court. These proposals have been rejected repeatedly. This is not done just because of our right to freedom of speech. These court cases are won by the gaming industry because no link between violent video

Video games today have become a huge role in the consumption of people’s entertainment. Ninety- seven percent of kids between the ages of 12 and 17 play video games and the industry only shows signs of large growth. In 2016, 24.5 billion games were sold (Nichols) leading to a 21.53 billion dollar industry (“Do Violent Video”). With the growth of new players around the world, the debate has sparked whether video games are beneficial to society or if they come with repercussions. They may be fun for the kids, but the parents may not agree. Research is quickly being done to determine whether they are harmful or helpful. Some believe that the violence and addiction of video games make them a danger to society while others argue there are benefits to playing video games. However, video games have been misrepresented in the media and wrongly blamed for the actions they are not related to. Research has actually shown that video games can come with a large group of benefits that disprove much of the speculation around them. With video games being misrepresented and research suggesting they are beneficial, it is logical and reasonable to come to the conclusion that video games can do more good than harm.

Video games have been with us for years, ever since the 1970’s with the simple arcade sticks and legendary games such as Pacman, Super Mario and more. Video games have evolved and progressed enormously as the years have gone by. They have developed into a billion dollar industry worldwide and one of the leading sources of entertainment in the world. This report will be identifying the different effect video games have on people, using a variety of different sources including surveys and an interview with a video game developer working for Tru Blu Entertainment.

When the term “video games” is mentioned, the mental image many may picture is most likely one of a teenage boy behind a television screen or monitor, engaging in an action packed animation that contains no benefit but of pleasure. For many years the idea of computerized gaming has been twisted and misunderstood for something it truly isn’t. The subject of discussion when the topic is usually brought about is typically about how video games are damaging our society and how the influence of some games have negatively impacted many and have indubitably brought about nothing but harm and violence due to the graphic content of some specific games, typically making that the image branded behind the idea of gaming. Could video games truly improve multitasking and problem solving skills? Truthfully, although video games and the effect on the human race have been misinterpreted as a brain deteriorating concept, many scientists and psychologists find that video games can actually have many benefits, even further proven that video games have the ability to actually teach and strengthen the effect of multitasking on the brain, with a long term effect of consistent results due to scientific studies taken.

Video games can sometimes get a bad reputation but due to contrary belief, video games have been a positive impact on today’s society. Both children and adults have benefitted from the use of video games. Not to mention the ginormous community video games have brought with it. With things like Esports, video game companies, and the cognitive benefits for adults and children video games are here to stay. So how have they affected today's society in a positive way?

Technology has rapidly advanced over the past several decades and has led to new discoveries in communication and entertainment. Children in the 1990s did not experience phones with touch screen displays or immediate access to the internet, but the youth of today are a completely different story. At an extremely young age children become accustomed to the presence of a phone or TV screen. Technology is used to occupy kids on a daily basis and with so much time spent on a device the burning question must be discussed, “How is technology affecting the livelihood of the children?” Various outlets of entertainment have been called into question as technology has advanced such as YouTube or Netflix, but the most often targeted mode of enjoyment is video games. Video games have existed since Higinbotham’s simple tennis game in 1958, but have improved rapidly over the years in complexity and graphical quality. However, video games have also become inherently violent and are repeatedly studied for possible impacts on the cognitive development of children.

Video games are fun to play. Playing video games may help us to forget our stress for a while, but is it really worth our precious time? The popularity of video games is on an upward trend. Every day we see many people playing video games and getting addicted to it. Without caring much about their surroundings, they focus their attention solely on these games. Video games are popular all over the world including the United States. According to the article “Video games,” more than 75 percent American youths have video-game consoles at home, and on a typical day, at least 40 percent of them play a video game (Glazer). The statistics show that the total number of people playing video games is huge. The interesting thing is that the estimates show three-quarters of the population owning a gaming console. Every day people are wasting their precious time sitting in front of Xbox and PlayStation. They seem to be in their own world far away from the reality. They enjoy their virtual achievements more than the real one. Instead of caring about their decreasing grades, they care about their position in the game. Therefore, despite its popularity, these games are actually affecting us in negative ways. The video games have become one of the major problems of this generation because a large number of people are wasting their precious time and hard-earned money in these games instead of doing

Yesterday a child killed 16 people and injured many more in less than 20 mins. He is just a child, how is this possible? Video games have become more popular with children, and adolescents, copious amount of video games exposes children to violence. Did you know that children and adolescents who played more violent games were most likely to report aggressive cognitions and behaviors? (Toppo 2015) In today's society, violent video games such as “Call of Duty” have a negative effect on health, growth and development, and posing a bad influence for children and young adults. Due to the advancing technology video games are becoming more popular, therefore having a negative effect on children and young adults.

A major development in mass media over the last 25 years has been the advent and rapid growth of the video game industry. From the earliest arcade- based console games, video games have been immediately and immensely popular, particularly among young people. According to Gentile, “Additionally, the introduction of video games to the home market only served to further elevate their prevalence” [Gentile, 2009]. Because of their widespread popularity, social scientists, parents, and politicians have been concerned with the potential effects of video games, focusing particularly on games with violent content and their harmful effects on children. Although there is an extensive base of scientific literature on the negative effects of violent video games, research on prosocial games is much more limited. Few empirical studies have tested the effect of prosocial video game content on helpful and hurtful behaviors and results from these studies suggest that prosocial content in games can in fact increase prosocial behavior in the short and long terms. Additionally, recent studies have started to explore the causal mechanisms responsible for the effects of prosocial video games on helpful and hurtful behaviors. Results from some studies suggest that these effects may be due to changes in cognitive beliefs, whereas other studies suggest these effects are due to changes in affect. Overall, both types of effects are consistent with social-cognitive models of social behavior, including

Video games have been very common types of entertainment in every family and around the global. They can be played on computers, cellphones, TVs and other electronics. The video game market has become one of the fastest growing businesses and comes in a variety of categories. The impact of video games on the player’s behavior has been controversial for decades. The advocates claim that video games are more than simply a fun that one plays during spare time. They are important for cognitive skill development, stress relief, prosocial behavior and reducing mental health disorders. On the other hand, the detractor argue that video games have effects on aggressive cognition, addiction, loneliness and violence. Video games have a harmful impact on players because they cause aggression, addiction, and loneliness.

Video games have a real sense of irony, and this is why we need to increase and expand the number of video games being played for the future of our planet. So the real question here is why are we wanting to expand video games globally. For the sake of video games and video gamers, they come all over the world to play these magnificent games. Do they better our lives? Or do they do real damage to us for our society's culture? To answer the real question, let's say it did go globally for our culture, would we still be standing with all of our friends and family? This is a question we need to ask ourselves for the media. So much of the media talks down on video gamers. We need to understand the real reason as for why it comes to down to negative effects as well as all the future positivity it brings us.

Call of Duty, Halo, Assassin Creed among others may seem violent to many parents but they continue to purchase these games for their children. In our society video games have become part of an everyday activity in a majority of homes. Video games can be considered toys any children can play with. However, video games are becoming harmful because children are playing these violent games and are causing them health problems, mentally, emotionally bad effects.