Non-violence

The Effect of Violent Video Games on Adolescent Aggression Kenneth Bohall, Miracle Ehioghae, Kristen Lewey, and Dinin Mullins Texas Tech University Video games as a media have been around since the 1970s. According to Dai and Fry (2014), the video game industry is rapidly growing and went from having a market volume of $100 million in 1985 to $4 billion in 1990. In 2013, the worldwide market was totaled to be $93 billion. Exposure to violent video games, like exposure to violent television

4 Nov. 2014 The Issue of Bullying Did you know each year there are over 3.2 million students that are bullied? (11 Facts About Bullying ) Bullying has been a fundamental human demobilizing act for centuries; that has been woven into the crevices of non-physical cruelty and abuse. A simple meaning of bullying is the need for control. (contributors) It has always involved power, pain, persistence and premeditation. Emily Bazelon wrote an article, defining bullying as physical or verbal abuse, repeated

Are video games changing us? In 2008, 97% of twelve to seventeen year olds in America played video games, thus fueling the domestic video games by $11.7 million. Ten out of the top twenty best-selling video games contain violence. Many of these violent video games have been accused of incidents that include crime, bullying, and behavior problems. As the popularity of violent video games increase, more people become victims of behavior problems such as depression, aggressiveness, and addiction. Although

Nurses have a 3x higher risk for encountering aggression/ violence than any other health care worker and they have a 1 in 10 chance of being injured by a patient during their careers. (Delaney, J., Cleary, M., Jordan, R., & Horsfall, J. 2001) The objective of both of the studies was to review current evidence for managing aggressive patients behaviors, and the definition that was used in both studies was: “aggression is defined as any verbal, non-verbal or physical behavior that was threatening to the

As technology advances, new and creative forms of entertainment immerge from these advancements. One form that has grown immensely in popularity over the past dozen years has been video games. Taking form nearly four decades ago, video games have been one of the major embodiments of the growth of entertainment technology. Today, video games have taken many shapes, from the general PC and console games to special applications that can be found on social networks and even millions of cell phones around

does exist and occurs more often than the press or governments proclaim. What is War, Cyber War, and Cyber Warfare? From War to Cyber War Clausewitz states that “War therefore is an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfil our will.” Others may take war to mean it is necessary for physical violence between two people in order to fall into traditional classification of war. Webster’s defines war as “open armed conflict as between nations; any active hostile activity or struggle; or

For many years, there has been an ongoing argument that claims that the violence watched in television programs has an effect on the type and amount of aggression children display. Researchers believe there is a correlation between childhood aggression and the degree of violence they view on television. Additionally, the way parents explain the violence children view has a direct influence on how children interpret and display aggression. The research discussed in this paper will explore the effects

Football hooliganism is a description of a football related violent behaviours and actions from aggressive and fanatic football supporters. It is a very widely spread and transitional phenomena in many parts of Europe, Latin America, and recently in north Africa. Hundreds of incidents have happened, many people have died, thousands of fans have injured, several stadiums were ruined, and many squares were turned into battlefields just because of football hooligans who exploit the game of football

Violence among our youth has spread widely throughout the nation. This can be linked to several problems in our society, but mainly one. The constant barrage of television and media violence causes deviant behavior in children. When children are young they are very impressionable by the things around them. Often kids are influenced by what they see. If kids are watching shows or being introduced to violent acts they too will tend to act out this violence (Huesmann and Eron, 1986). The results

Impact of Terrorism in Pakistan In lieu of unlawful violence to inculcate fear and increase coercion, terrorism has become a trending topic in the world today. Pakistan, a country in South Asia bordered by Afghanistan and India has been a country worthy of speculation due to the rate of terrorism and tribal wars that have quickly taken over the country. The sporadic effects of these attacks have begun to shatter what used to be one of Asia’s fastest growing economies. Impact on GDP Pakistan’s