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Violent Video Games and Reality Children and adolescents are the actual victims of violent video games‚ not their characters. With the improvement of computer technology‚ the video game market has grown significantly in the past decade. Over time‚ video games have become increasingly realistic and more graphically violent‚ and its undesirable negative effects have been harmful not only to the players‚ but also to the society. So the issue of whether playing violent video games
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12/15/13 Video Games and Violence Video Games and violence a topic that has caused many a spirited debate both in the classroom‚ and amongst parents and children. There are plenty of arguments both for‚ and against the issue. However‚ there is research out there that shows that large amounts of time spent playing violent video games can contribute to aggressive behaviors‚ poor academic performance‚ and desensitization to violence in adolescents. The debates all begin with violent video games contributing
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Violent Video Games 1. Introduction 2. It is the responsibility of the parent to regulate their children’s exposure to violent video games. a. Parents are to ensure children understand that games aren’t real b. Violence is taught. 3. The government shouldn’t regulate violent video games a. The government should have no control over what games are released. 4. My personal experience as a single parent a. How much exposure my child gets to video games
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Video games‚ are they good? Are video games a distraction or an angel in disguise? New studies show that video games are actually really good for you. Playing video games can increase eye hand coordination‚ decision making‚ and self-confidence. Dr. Daphne Bavelier‚ a neuroscientist at the University of Geneva‚ has conducted research on the effects of video games on the brain. Her research shows that video games actually help gamers focus (and maintain focus) better than non-gamers - more
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Do violent video games cause Behavior problems? By: Kira Morales It has been a long debated discussion of whether or not violent video games cause behavior problems such as violence and aggression in children and young adults. Obviously this is a chicken or the egg problem‚ in other words meaning which came first the aggressive kids or the violent video games. Do violent video games cause kids to be aggressive or are aggressive kids attracted to violent video games. Through some research‚ I agree
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Running head: Video Video games: Where is the Harm? English COM 121-136 March 12‚ 2005 Abstract Many people do not believe there are benefits to playing video games. However there are many benefits to exposing and letting children interact with video games. Some benefits include opportunity to immerse ourselves in character‚ development of hand-eye coordination‚ cognitive thinking skills‚ cooperative playing skills‚ fine motor skills‚ and real-time decision making abilities. Banning
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Control Your Kids‚ not Video Game Violence Mike Howe Video game violence should not be lessened in any way. MAVAV (Mothers against Video Game Addiction and Violence) and other parents feel as though there is now too much violence in video games. They state‚ "video game companies continue to market violence aimed at vulnerable children and young teens" (MAVAV.ORG). Their children should be controlled‚ not the games. The games themselves are not alive‚ but only the people who buy them. There was
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many grossly popular video games today‚ and they have one main thing in common: violence. Whether one is shooting down Nazi soldiers on the beaches of Normandy or sawing apart Locust drones on the planet Sera with his or her lancer‚ one is engaging in extremely violent video-game action‚ and probably having a lot of fun doing so. With the rapid growth of intensely violent games‚ parents and politicians across the nation have begun to protest against violence in video games and have even gone as
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The Effects of Video Game Violence Ethan Fougner National American University Abstract Violence in video games is a problem that is steadily getting worse. It affects adults and children alike and the longer the exposure‚ the worse the effects are. Addressing this issue is the only way to prevent future generations from suffering the long reaching consequences associated with violence in video games. This paper will
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