Violent Video Games Theory And Research

    The initial argument I mentioned about video games is probably the one you hear about most often. How many times have you heard a set of parents say that their child is rotting away in front of a video game. Well, there is actually some truth to that. Children who show addictive behavior in regards to video games have also shown symptoms that are typical in addicts of other sorts (Bavelier, Green, Han, Renshaw,  Merzenich, & Gentile, 2011). Some domains that are affected by this type of behavior include behavioral, social, academic, occupational, and developmental (Bavelier, Green,

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.

Video games; are they therapeutic or malicious to the brain? Studies focus on different genre of gaming and the effects different games have on different societies in the article, “Brains on Video Games” (Bavelier, alt, 2011). Six experts break it down by offering the reader benefits, negative effects, addiction, educational use and what challenges lay ahead (Bavelier, alt, 2011).

Since the 1950s, the effects of videogames have been debated on whether it is harmful to kids.(Carey) During the years, various videogames have developed more gruesome content and have been blamed for crimes such as school shootings. But in recent searches people have found that studies connecting videogames and violence are frequently flawed. Additionally, people have stated that it influences kids into immoral behaviors but, it actually can improve their behavior. It is also scientifically proven that videogames are beneficial in various ways.

Video games, the newest and most popular form of entertainment for children and adults of various ages. But this form of entertainment can be harmful in the development of children during their youth. Initially, children who play these video games can suffer from severe aggression problems, due to the fact that they can be exposed to violent video games at a young age. Although there are evident downsides to video games some of these video games can be used to help educate some people and/or children and can include educational school subjects such as math, science, and social studies. In spite some video games being educational, some people play these video games for excessive amounts of time a day which is not good for health. Video games can sometimes be unhealthy for people in excess and serious repercussions can take place to those who do play them.

Imagine this; thousands of your brain cells are lost, rotting away as you sit at therapy to help your dementia, all due to one thing you couldn’t win. A video game you constantly play for “fun”. People have constantly argued whether video games are good or bad for you. Parents are highly against this due to the affect it may have on their children, while as kid believe they are good for themselves because they solve problems, make better decisions for a character and how to use your supplies, according to theconversation.com. Although video games give us life skills such as liability driven strategy, video games are harmful to our brain, emotions and children, and are extremely harmful for you so you shouldn’t play them continuously.

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.

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.

Let’s be honest, we all play video games at one point or another. Whether it’s on your phone, tablet, computer, or console, you’ve played video games. What’s that? You’ve never played a video game in your life? Well, have you ever been on an app on your phone such as Snapchat, Color Switch, or Pokemon GO? Well, those all count as video games. Social media? That counts too. Think about it. Take Instagram for example. You take a photo, and then you wait to see how many likes/followers you can get. Does that not sound like the same system that some games use? You build or create something, and you get points from other people on how great that thing is.

In today’s society majority of teenagers spend their time playing video games. A study shows that approximately 77% of males and 57% of females, ages 18-29, play video games (Tribune Content Agency, 2015). With video games becoming increasingly popular many ignore the negative effects they have on society. One of the most popular video games played is “Call Of Duty”. The video game “Call of Duty” should not be played due to the negative effects it has on society including enhancing aggressive behavior, teaching negative values such as bullying, and desensitizing children from violence.

While this may be true it is clearly evident that there are many glorious benefits from playing video games and this just goes to show that games do not effect children or teens in a bad way. There are many benefits that I may list on this paper explaining to you what each of them can do for a child or teen. These benefits are not only strictly for children and teens but can also be applied to adults as well because video games can help everybody out. “Problem solving and logic When a child plays a game such as The Incredible Machine, Angry Birds or Cut The Rope, he trains his brain to come up with creative ways to solve puzzles and other problems in short bursts

Playing video games has always been a hot topic amongst parents and researchers alike since they were first invented. As such there have been many statistical analyses of video game use worldwide. There have also been many stereotypes that were concocted because of the controversy surrounding video game use; such as playing video games led to students going on murderous rampages at their schools. Studies were then conducted as to determine both the true benefits and detriments of video game use. The benefits range from social skills to making the player’s overall intelligence increase in multiple aspects. The negative effects range from isolation of the player in society, to making the player’s overall health much worse. This data has created many experts in the field of video game use who’s opinions range from banning video games completely, to more practical approaches such as limiting use per day, or to use for real life learning experiences without the “real life.”

As a teenager people tend to make stereotypes about you. One is that most teens are lazy and do not like to do anything, the other is that a lot of male teens play video games and waste their time on that. Imagine staying up till three am in the morning just playing video games, people will say that is bad right? As it turns out it is and it is very unhealthy but at the same time doing anything at three am in the morning is unhealthy and bad for you. If you are doing homework, working on something, or even just being on your phone up until that time of day it can never benefit you. This is where people tend to generalize and make unrealistic assumptions on people who spend their time playing video games. They start saying how playing video games is bad and playing mature games is making young people dangerous, not only to themselves but to others as well. In reality video games are not bad for anybody, they are only bad when an individual allows it to take control of their life, but this goes for anything in life. Games are actually very beneficial, they can have a good effect on people who play them and can enhance certain traits that the human body has. In researching this topic the conclusion was that not all video games have the same effect on everyone, meaning that video games do not effect young people and the way others perceive them to. One statement that remains true in my research is that video games can improve on many skills and for the most part it is all up to

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

Since video games first emerged in the 1970s, they have evolved significantly in terms of context. Instead of classic, light-hearted games like 'Pac-Man' or 'Tetris', the newest trend in gaming is violence. Graphic games have become increasingly popular, causing a plethora of controversy to erupt in regards to how they may affect today's adolescent gamers and their mental well-being.