Game Over: The effects of Violent Video Games on Children Seven hours. That is the amount of hours a day the average American child plays a video games (Anderson 354)‚ and with technology advancing and games becoming more graphic‚ the concern over a violent game’s effect over a child’s development is growing. What does playing video games for seven hours do to a child’s development? Violent‚ role-playing video games adversely affects a child’s development and causes aggression in children and adolescents;
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The Good and Bad Effects of Video Games Video and computer games‚ like many popular‚ entertaining and addicting kid activities‚ are looked down upon by many parents as time-wasters‚ and worse‚ parents think that these games rot the brain. Also‚ violent video games are readily blamed by the media and some experts as the reason why some youth become violent or commit extreme anti-social behavior. But many scientists and psychologists find that video games actually have many benefits – the main one
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Violent Video Games and Their Affect on Children Date: June 3‚ 2012 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data‚ ideas‚ or words‚ either quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course. Student’s Signature: Ulises Ramirez Violent Video Games 1 Violent
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creators make violent video games (McGrath 3). If the violence is justified in some way then it could be considered as morally acceptable (McGrath 4). Most violent video games are made so that the player for no particular reason murders and tortures innocent people (McGrath 4). This could be enhanced by making it morally correct like self defense (McGrath 4). There also should be a lesson learned at the same time showing how killing another human being is wrong (McGrath 4). The video game “Dishonored” is
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INTRODUCTION Background of the Study The history of computer games can be dated back from 1952 when A.S. Douglas worte his PhD degree at the University of Cambridge on Human-Computer Interraction. Douglas first created the first graphical computer game-a version of Tic-Tac-Toe. The game was programmed on an EDSAC vaccuum-tube computer‚ which had a cathode ray tube display. Jumping to the new generation‚ there are lots of computer games to choose from; computers are now more portable‚ cheaper and
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The video games phenomenon is somewhat new in this modern society. Although they often to be entertaining‚ the contents have become more violent and disturbing as computing technology has become much more advanced. These days‚ the popularity of violent video games has caused an increase in controversy. Parents and experts feel that some games are just too violent and they think that the violent will spill over into the real world. However‚ I strongly believe violent video games do not cause an increase
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Video Game Violence Violence is happening all around us and it is said that one of the biggest reason for teen violence‚ is because of playing video games. It is true that there are many games that due show or portray violence; however the intention was not to promote teens to doing more violence as they are rated for mature adults. Personally I believe that if parents were more active or aware of what games they are purchasing‚ and became responsible for what games their children are playing
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Violence in Video Games Video game violence hasn ’t been around for very long. For the most part‚ video games have progressively gotten more violent. It seems that the more violent video games are trying to compete with violent movies‚ and other things. But the reason for this paper is do violent video games trigger people to be more violent? With the recent out break of mass school shootings‚ video games has always seemed to be one main reasons for the shootings or other types
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argument of whether video games are good or bad for society is a clear example. Opponents believe they are a bad contribution to society while proponents believe they are a necessary and supportive addition to society. "William Higinbotham‚ who in 1958 created a game called Tennis for Two " (The Beginning)‚ is the one credited for the invention of the video game. At this stage in time‚ this new innovation did not spark much interest with the public. "Computer and video games themselves did not
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Negative Effects of Video Games http://www.raisesmartkid.com/3-to-6-years-old/4-articles/34-the-good-and-bad-effects-of-video-games Is playing video games good or bad for you? It can be both. Video games are frowned upon by parents as time-wasters‚ and worse‚ some education experts think that these games corrupt the brain. Violent video games are easily blamed by the media and some experts as the reason why some young people become violent or commit extreme anti-social behavior. But many
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