MEDIA VIOLENCE: POSITIVE AFFECT Violent video games and television shows has been the source of entertainment for years. Violent video games made its first appearance in the early 1970’s. In 1972 Sony released a very popular game‚ Call of Duty. This game series‚ gave many people‚ especially youth‚ aspirations to join the military. In 2004 Icon Productions released of the most realistic movies in history. The movie Passion of The Christ depicted a very clear and precise way that people were treated
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After a recent shooting‚ the media screams “BLAME VIOLENT GAMES!” Recently video games have been blamed as the main cause of violence in today’s society. Video games have been a main source of entertainment since 1957 when professors used them for simulations to prove their research. Many famous video game characters have come out since then like Mario‚ Luigi‚ Sonic‚ and many‚ many more. I have been playing games since I was 4 years old and I have never once been violent or thought of being violent
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Video Games Do Not Cause Violence Video games have come a long way since they were first introduced in 1967. In addition to the impressive improvement in graphics‚ the increase of the violent content has become quite the hot topic amongst parents and politicians alike. The most popular aspect is whether or not violent video games inhibit aggressive behavior. Early research that suggested there was a link between the two has been deemed problematic. However‚ in recent studies “research has not found
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Video Games Cause Violence? Imagine this‚ you enter a room‚ the sound of gunshots ring In your ears‚ you yell “flash out”‚ and you storm the room‚ guns a blazing. You get shot‚ you’re down‚ now you re-spawn‚ to do it all again. Video games have been the blame of a lot of youth violence‚ yet there was violence before videogames. Video games do cause an effect on youth but not violent effects. The topic‚ video games are the leading cause of youth violence‚ is very important; many people believe
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English 102 29 October 2014 Do video games cause violence? For many years‚ children would go out and play in the yard‚ ride bikes‚ or play soccer for fun. All of that has changed since the evolution of technology. In today’s society‚ kids of all ages are no longer playing outside or with their friends. Instead‚ they are locked up in the house all day playing video games. Why is this bad? Video games are neither built to help heighten the learning skills of kids‚ nor are they designed to impact
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Video Games: Beneficial or Cause Violence Do modern video games contribute to the increasing level of Violence that is all around us? Can we really attribute the shootings and bombings we see on the news to the increased violence and realism in video games ? These are the questions reporters should be asking. Instead the first question out of their mouths if the suspect is an adolescent will most certainly be ’ Was he addicted to playing violent video games ?’ If
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The causes and effects of drug abuse amongst the youth A drug can be said to be any substance used in medicine. It can also be said to be any substance taken by some people to get a certain effect‚ such as happiness and excitement. A drug addict is said to be someone whose life has become dependent on drugs‚ hence drug abuse. Peer pressure; - youth associates themselves with different types of people‚ otherwise known as friends. Through the pressure from these friends they tend to have a taste
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number of North American youth are committing violent crimes. Although the consequences of these violent crimes are easily apparent‚ the causes behind them are often abstract and obscure‚ making it difficult to pin blame on a single source. Moreover‚ this deviant behaviour among young people can be attributed to a combination of several generalized factors. Leading contributing factors of youth violence include the media‚ the influence of family life‚ widespread abuse of drugs and alcohol‚ the ease
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spent on video games and 10 of the top 20 bestselling video games in America involved violence. These violent video games are being blamed for bullying‚ violence towards women‚ and school shootings. The games teach children that it is acceptable to solve problems with violence. Violent video games are a large contributor to youth violence. Many people believe that violent video games are contributing to youth violence. On April 20‚ 1999‚ 13 people were killed at Columbine High School. The two teen shooters
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unprecedented increase in youth violence‚ often lethal violence‚ all around the nation. Anecdotal evidence of increase in violence by young people against women and old people‚ of road rage‚ of violence in schools‚ and other violent actions to get whatever they want is alarming. This "epidemic‚" as many social analysts called it‚ caused serious concern to both parents and experts who believed their communities were no longer safe and that there was little or nothing they could do to change the situation
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