September 26‚ 2012 Thesis statement : Today most children are more into video technology and violence than they are into normal outside physical activity which is the biggest problem of child obesity. Video technology has decreased the amount of physical activity in children. Because of my nephew’s interest in video games‚ he played less outdoors than most children his age. The only physical activity he was really getting was from his gym class
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of Violent Video Games on Children The impact of violent video games in the minds of young kids is becoming an issue. Although it is not being stated that kids playing violent video games is the leading cause of violence and aggression in society. Nowadays‚ it is part of a daily routine for a majority of kids to sit in front of the TV to play video games for many hours. Parents may not be aware of what kind of video games their kids play or which ones they buy them. Behavioral‚ social‚ emotional
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It depends on how you define violent games! I have seen dozens of 5-year old kids playing Halo‚ yet THEY didn’t grow up to be violent psychopaths; however‚ I understand the concern of those who say that violent games should be banned. Has it EVER occurred to you that most M+ games are bought by teens in high school/people who don’t have children yet? Now‚ violent game playing should be up to the parents/guardian‚ but FPS‚ RPGs and others CAN help with certain issues- for example‚ for HEALTHY (no
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Video Games: Are they a Cause of Violence and Aggression? 1. Statistic – “In spite of the violence‚ the violent video games are also the more popular games on the market” (Paragraph 2) Anecdote – “On April 20‚ 1999‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold launched an assault on Columbine High School in Littleton‚ Colorado‚ murdering 13 and wounding 23 before turning the guns on themselves. Although nothing is for certain as to why these boys did what they did‚ we do know that Harris and Klebold both
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The video games are well known for their anti-social and violent influence in our children’s attitudes. But some research has proven that these negative effects are due to the children’s excessive playing time‚ and more and more studies are being made to prove that the video games can be an excellent tool for children’s hand-eye coordination‚ their problem solving and analytical skills‚ and they can also help children in the social domain. We can see some really good positive effects
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Reading: Playing with fire? Lecture 7 Week 3 References: Ames‚ Iowa. 2014. Life lessons: Children learn aggressive ways of thinking and behaving from violent video games. 24 March. Accessed July 12‚ 2014. http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2014/03/24/violentgamesbehavior. Bushman‚ Brad J‚ and Craig A Anderson. 2001. “EFFECTS OF VIOLENT VIDEO GAME SON AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR‚ AGGRESSIVE COGNITION‚ AGGRESSIVE AFFECT‚ PHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL‚ AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR: A Meta - Analytic Review of the Scientific
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Nowadays‚ many children are addicted to video games that they play these games daily. According the research made by NPD GROUP‚ there was an increase by 9% of children aging between 2 and 17 that play video games compared to 2009. There was also an increase by 17% in the number of children aging between 2 and 5 that play video games compared to 2009. These percentage shows that video games are attracting many kids every day. Video game is an electronic game where the player controls a character‚ and
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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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Joseph Waits Professor Longoria WRC 1023.059 4 Feb. 2013 Influence of Video Games on American Youth: Corruption or Improvement? Parents across the nation are dumbfounded with the amount of violence and sexual content that lies in modern video games. Companies such as Microsoft and Sony are selling millions of copies of video games every year; with the quality and graphics getting better‚ children are continuously exposed to gore-filled violence. Enraged parents believe that Xbox and Playstation
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Should Video Games be Banned? An ongoing argument where people think that video games should be banned. Should video games be banned? All of the arguments are repetitive and based on false belief‚ with very little real evidence. Some people think‚ ‘Violent video games should be banned because they influence the young minds of our generation and that they will bring cruelty and death among thee by doing indescribable acts of scandalous crime‚ thieving from innocent people and slaughtering their
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