Video Games And T. V The Cause Of A Violent Community

Hundreds of studies have been done to determine whether violent video games will really make juveniles more violent. Randomized experiments were used in several studies to examine the short-term effect of violent video games (Anderson and Berkowitz et al. 90). In these studies, children were randomly assigned to play violent or nonviolent video games and then were observed when given an opportunity to be aggressive. The result was that children who played violent video games usually behaved aggressively.

How do video games affect the brain of the youth of America? There are actually many more ways than one might think, it affects one’s attitude, attention span, and how one might react when complimented or insulted. Video games have both positive and negative effects on a child's brain. When played to much video games become a bad thing leading to reduced social time or addiction, but in my studies when played about seven hours a week video games are actually beneficial.

First, those violent video games put teenagers at risk. The author's believes that violent video games cause more aggression in kids that plays them. Researcher at Indiana University School of Medicine say that brain scans of kids who played a violent video game showed an increase in emotional arousal- and a corresponding decrease of activity in brain areas involved in self-control, inhibition and attention.

Hamilton-Giachritsis (2005), Erwin and Morton (2008), Gentile and Stone (2005), and Jason et al. (2005) revealed a correlation between violent video games with immediate and later aggressive behavior. All of the research for the effects of violent videos games are conducted on older children and current research has not yet studied young children or preschoolers. It is important to note what research exclaims about the long-term effects violent video games can have on children later in life during adolescence (Anderson et al., 2008; Gentile & Stone, 2005; Kirkorian, Wartella, & Anderson, 2008). Anderson et al. (2008) and Gentile (2014) reported, 90% of American

With the rapid development of new gaming systems, violent video games have become well-liked by children and adolescents. The playing of violent video games has always been a controversial topic, but in recent years it has become a heated debate. Whether the playing of these games desensitize the player or not. Video games have been around since the late 1970s, however violent video games were introduced in the 1990s. In recent years the violence in games have increased along with the enhanced graphics making the games more realistic. Violent video games can have positive and negative effects on children and adolescents.

There has been a lot of factors linked to child aggression. One of biggest factors is children playing violent video games. Although video games are commonly used by children there can be negative effects when introduced to violent video games. Recent studies have shown a correlation between violent video games and the behavior of young children. Violent video games influence children's behavior because their attitudes become more aggressive, the availability of violent games has become very easy for children , and with the help of technology the graphics of the video games make the game look identical to real life.

In present day society, the realm of intense and violent video games along with their media counterparts is ever changing, and this transformation is leading to the most expressive and realistic viciousness a child can be exposed to without actually harming another human being. Furthermore, due to this tremendous level of ‘realisticness,’ the inquiry of whether or not the violence portrayed in these video games and television shows leads to an amplified level of aggression and other types of violent behavior in their participants and viewers has become a forerunner among both psychological and parenting authorities. The purpose of this paper is to give an honest assessment of the various studies performed on this topic, as well as to

Another contributor to violent behavior is media. For many years, video games have been highly criticized to have harmful effects. Vincent Cicchirillo and Rebecca Chory-Assad’s article “Effects of Affective Orientation and Video Game Play on Aggressive Thoughts and Behaviors” states, “Regarding media violence, Sparks and Sparks (2002) suggested that the role played by individual differences in the media violence–aggressive behavior link and effects of video games on aggressive behavior will be the foci of future research” (Cicchirillo & Chory-Assad 436). They believe video games are the significant cause of violent behavior and focus on exploiting the effects. In another article called “Popular Video Games: Quantifying the Presentation of Violence and Its Context”, Ken Lachlan, Stacy L. Smith, and Ron Tamborini claim, “Theory and research reveals playing video games can have a negative impact on

The future of entertainment revolves around technology. Video games become more and more realistic. The main consumers of violent video games are teens. These games encourage killing and fighting enemies. More ways of playing violent video games are created each year, but most of us have this question in mind. Do violent video games influence young people to act aggressively? I play violent video games online and I am 16 years old. Overplaying video games can have many disastrous effects on teen limiting gameplay can have multiple positive effects.

“Life is a video game. No matter how good you get, you are always zapped in the end” (“Video Game Quotes” 1). Over time researchers, psychiatrists, and parents have often wondered how damaging violent video games can be to the youth in society. This is an important matter to people with children in their personal lives or work environment. These games have become a large risk factor for aggressive behavior in children. Researchers have been saying that video games do affect adults as well; however, they have even more effect on younger brains in early development. Video games have negative effects on childrens’ behavior. Some effects that video games have are reduced academic performance, aggression, obesity, and emotional disorder.

The researchers found that boys and girls who played a lot of violent video games changed over the school year. Media violence is not likely to convert the children into a violent criminal. But, someday by just smoking a cigarette can increase the likelihood of a lung cancer. Likewise, a violent show can increase the likelihood of behaving in an aggressive way. Psychologists Brad Bushman and L. Rowell Huesmann1(p248)

Video games and television can contribute to violent behavior and aggression but they are not always violent or

On average, an American encounters approximately 200,000 violent acts before the age of eighteen. However, these exposures do not influence an individual to exhibit violence. Concerns regarding whether television and video game brutality has a negative effect on the public by promoting cruelty, dates back to the 1950’s and is still prevalent today. Studies and research conducted on the issue are unable to prove that the two variables have any correlation to each other. In fact, statistics demonstrate how the amount of violent crimes has decreased significantly throughout time, despite the growing video game popularity. Lastly, in society, people look for anything to transfer the blame, especially in regards to a situation that may threaten an individual’s community. As a matter of fact, by reviewing the extensive research the conclusion was drawn stating, exposure has no effect on barbarity. Therefore, television and video game ferocity does not have a negative effect on the population.

On April 20, 1999, two senior students plotted a school shooting, sadly managing to kill 12 students and one teacher, along with several other major injuries. Knowing they would soon be caught, the two perpetrators committed suicide. This was the Columbine High School massacre. Although their motives were unclear, investigators concluded that the shooters conspired to “compete” against other mass shootings in the ‘90s, stating that they were homicidal psychopaths. The shooting was known as the deadliest school shooting ever recorded (History). This incident sparked issues over gun control, goth subcultures, use of pharmaceutical antidepressants, and violence in video games and television. The two students were said to play and watch countless hours of violent video games and television and that was known to be a major cause for this catastrophic event. Therefore, the issue over violent video games and television should be regulated or restricted to children and especially to teenagers.

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