Negative Effects Of Violent Video Games

Exposure to violent video games is linked to lower empathy and decreased kindness. Violent video can cause a person to have negative feelings and making them have less sympathy. “A meta-analysis of 130 international

The paper discusses how violent video games affect a person's behavior and if they manifest violence and show aggression in the real world after playing such video games. I learned that not all people who are exposed to video game or media violence turn violent. I think it depends on the person if he wants to get influenced from the game, to mimic what the game shows. This is just like the next source, discussing about what kind of behavioural problems violent gaming brings about.

Over the past few centuries,video games have become a great leisure and hobby among kids of all ages and cultures. With the advancement of technology, video games have advanced highly in its realism and genres. This high type of advancement brought the video game industry to a multi-billion dollar industry. However, with realism, comes negative effects as well. Ever since the creation of violent or “mature” video games, there has been a constant debate on whether it will increase violence in the player. Although, not all video games are violent, and just increase skills in a player such as hand-eye coordination. Nevertheless, there is research going on for the link between violent video games and youth violence. The question is which event happens first in the sequence, do violent video games aggravate a person’s violent behavior, or does a person get rid of their anger through playing violent video games? Either way, violent video games are not beneficial to our society.

Video games help players to have a safe and healthy escape from reality. Players feel that playing video games give players a safe outlet for angry feelings. In fact, an increase in the consumption of violent video games has been associated with a decline in youth violence (Ferguson “Are Violent Video Games Really to Blame?”). This is due to the fact that video games help to fulfill the human desire for competition, especially games that center around their multiplayer modes (Marcovitz 15). Video games also give players a powerful sense of control over their situation,

“Participants in violent video game studies have been less cooperative than participants in non-violent video game studies (Sheese & Graziano, 2005)” (Greitemeyer, Osswald 212). Short bursts of negative behavioral responses don’t really pose a major threat to the individual, and these short term behavioral changes are much less of an issue in contrast to the possible long term behavioral changes. Long term behavioral changes are nowhere near as prevalent as short term changes. “In the long run, moral beliefs and various concepts on life can be acquired (Huesmann,1988, 1997)” (Rowell 180). Negative long term effects can often be detrimental to the individual and society in general. The meta-analysis made by Anderson et al. (2010) confirms the concepts made in the hypothesis, and is the most successful study surrounding the effects of video game violence to date.

Over 85% of video games contain some type of violence; some video games showing stronger acts than others (Carnagey et al. 1). The exposure to such violent content affects the way humans perform regular actions in their daily life and their perspective on those violent actions. These video games are everywhere, thus being available to anyone who would like to enter a virtual reality where they have control. The more people are exposed to it, the more addicted they become, and the harmful effects become more noticeable. Video games with violent content are harmful to American society because they affect the mental health of the player.

Although there is a plethora of research that has been established on the harmful effects of television and movie violence, empirical research on video games is still limited (Anderson et al., 2010). Anderson and Dill (2000) sought to understand the

The controversy of the effects of violent video games is a never ending battle between gamers and science. Hundreds of studies have been conducted on the issue all saying the same thing, violent video games have a correlation with increased risk of hostility in the people who play them. Although correlation does not equate to causation meaning that video games can not be condemned as the only source of aggressive behaviors. This isn’t the only effects that these games have on people. Violent video games are shown to have positive effects ranging from boosting learning in children, improvements in visuospatial cognition, and a decrease in violent crime.

Anderson, C.A., & Dill, K. E. (2000). Video games and aggressive thoughts, feelings, and behavior in the laboratory and in life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78(4), 772-790. Retrieved from https://www.uni-muenster.de/.../12_anderson_dill_videogames-aggressiv...

Video games involve prosocial content, such as killing the enemy to save the world; there are positive aspects to video games that counteract effects of violent content. A meta-analysis was conducted to determine that there are positive effects of prosocial video game play; for example, in games where cooperation is mandatory in multiplayer teams, positive behaviours is enforced and taught to children (Greitemeyer, and Mugge 585). For example, an individual will assist another player to kill the targeted enemy; recent findings have shown this cooperative playing in violent video games counteracts the negative effects of the violent exposure (Greitemeyer, and Mugge 585). The cooperative behaviour and empathy has an overriding effect because they are antagonists of aggressive responses (Greitemeyer, and Mugge 586). Prosocial games thus are beneficial in the cognitive development, health, and social behaviour of youth, as it increases the attitude of helping others, and decreases the attitude of aggression. In terms of social behaviour, it is important to note the content of the video game when deciding how it will effect the

One such study links violent videos games having a positive influence in youths for kindness, civil engagement, and prosocial behaviors. These positive influences are believed to be caused by the games having a teamwork oriented objective for many players to interact with others in a virtual environment.

In 2011, a study shows that seventy-one percent games that contain violence interfere with the gamer’s behavior. Most people think there is some kind of connection. Scientists continue to investigate and they get closer and closer to finding that violent videos do affect a person’s behavior. Some researchers found that video games like first-person shooters, indeed influence violent behavior. It is shown that at least a few minutes of playing a violent video game, people can act a little

Contrary to the popular belief, video games were actually shown to have the players be more sympathetic rather than aggressive. A quote from Matthew Gizzard, the leader of this study said “Rather than leading players to become less moral,” Grizzard says, “this research suggests that violent video-game play may actually lead to increased moral sensitivity. This may, as it does in real life, provoke players to engage in voluntary behavior that benefits others.” What this means is that bad players tend to help better ones in game

But not all video games are violent: in fact, video games can promote cohesion through cooperation rather than competition. Multiplayer games sometimes implement a cooperative mode enabling players to use teamwork to achieve a goal instead of contending for supremacy. This cooperative multiplayer encourages “(against the stereotype of gaming as a socially isolating action) the development of team, social,

As video game images become increasingly more realistic and graphic. Therefore, is there any link between the violence depicted in those games and violence in real life? Students are the main group people who played violent video games very often. Also, losing a game causes many people to have a negative impact. Last, the attitudes on violent game and antisocial. Games are everywhere around us, such as cellphones, televisions, or computers, but violent games are the most popular type of game. The scene inside the game may lead to real things happen, especially for children, who are eager to experience it. Therefore, violent games may cause many impact, such as crimes, antisocial, and negative effects.