Video Gaming Effects on Adolescents Brain
11/19/11
Every time you turn on the television, you are almost guaranteed you will see at least one commercial. These commercials are there to speak to the viewer and usually get them to purchase the good or service that is being promoted. This is called media literacy. Media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in a variety of forms. Many wonder what this means and, is this good or a bad thing? Media Literacy is portrayed through the television, the internet, advertisements, and video games. All of them have different impacts on society throughout the world, some more than others. Media literacy has become a key contributor to the way children have acted in society in recent years. Video gaming has taken the next generation by storm. Whenever a new gaming system is put on the market or new popular game comes out, the sales are through the roof. People who are playing these games are also spending more time than ever playing the games. Video gaming has become one of the more popular forms of media literacy in America especially in young children and teenagers. Is this good or bad? It is both, video games have both its positive effects and negative effects on children, but how it affects the brain and the way children interact with society is crucial to look at. Video games have a bad reputation with adults, especially with parents. Whenever parents express there negativity towards video games, the children give their argument. The argument people usually have for the benefits for video games are that it helps motor skills and hand eye coordination. That’s good that a certain child has better hand eye coordination, but how will that make him or her more valuable to society? It most likely won’t, unless it’s an extreme case where the child becomes a professional sports star. Of course, some video
Every time you turn on the television, you are almost guaranteed you will see at least one commercial. These commercials are there to speak to the viewer and usually get them to purchase the good or service that is being promoted. This is called media literacy. Media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in a variety of forms. Many wonder what this means and, is this good or a bad thing? Media Literacy is portrayed through the television, the internet, advertisements, and video games. All of them have different impacts on society throughout the world, some more than others. Media literacy has become a key contributor to the way children have acted in society in recent years. Video gaming has taken the next generation by storm. Whenever a new gaming system is put on the market or new popular game comes out, the sales are through the roof. People who are playing these games are also spending more time than ever playing the games. Video gaming has become one of the more popular forms of media literacy in America especially in young children and teenagers. Is this good or bad? It is both, video games have both its positive effects and negative effects on children, but how it affects the brain and the way children interact with society is crucial to look at. Video games have a bad reputation with adults, especially with parents. Whenever parents express there negativity towards video games, the children give their argument. The argument people usually have for the benefits for video games are that it helps motor skills and hand eye coordination. That’s good that a certain child has better hand eye coordination, but how will that make him or her more valuable to society? It most likely won’t, unless it’s an extreme case where the child becomes a professional sports star. Of course, some video