http://www.gamespot.com/features/6090892/ In December 2001‚ Surgeon General of the United States David Satcher‚ M.D.‚ Ph.D.‚ led a study on violence in youth and determined that while the impact of video games on violent behavior has yet to be determined‚ "findings suggest that media violence has a relatively small impact on violence." The report stated: http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/impact/myths.html The overwhelming majority of kids who play do NOT commit antisocial acts. According
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mainstream media outlets explain that video games like call of duty ‘desensitise’ murder and ‘train children how to kill’ but is any of this really true? Over 70% of 13-15 year olds in first world countries play video games and the majority of them play video games depicting murder and violence. I mean‚ almost every day I go home and shoot somebody in the face with a shotgun. Does this make me a violent person in real life? The way the media talks about video games makes them sound like an abomination
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Research Quotes “Game developers must balance an implicit notion of fun with the educational merit of a video game. In most commercial examples‚ disciplinary content is secondary to enjoyment and pleasure. In most educational examples‚ fun and engagement is a byproduct of the context. Developers face the daunting task of maximizing the technological elements of video games alongside the educational affordances. Further‚ they must accomplish this without losing the intangible element of fun…educators
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Positive Effects of Violent Video Games Contrary to popular belief‚ violent video game actually has a lot of positive effects. According to studies done about the relationship of violent of video games and violent crime‚ this form of popular media has reduced the amount of violent crime. As stated in the journal written by Benjamin Engelslatter‚ “... video game play is generally associated with reductions in the violent nature of the crimes commited.” (Engelslatter). Also‚ based on information
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world. As we enter the 21st Century‚ video games are becoming more popular each and every day. People of all ages can and do enjoy video games as a way to spend their free-time. The issue with video games in the market is that they are becoming too violent in some people’s minds. The thing that makes these video games violent is the graphical scenes‚ gameplay‚ and strong language. There are many types of games that affect the brain in different ways. 3D games are generally more popular‚ more addicting
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Video Games: Creating Monsters or Not? “Stay alive at any cost! Find the key! Shoot the bad guys!” This is how one sixth-grader describes the way of playing video games. Such video games can seem like harmless fun‚ but what if the violence gets personal and addicts young teenagers‚ affecting their behavior and their view of reality? Some studies have shown that violent game players just do not leave it there on their game screens; they transfer the violent acts they get attached to‚ to the real
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addictions; more specifically‚ video game addiction. This addiction is one of the growing worries among children and adults. There is now a new method of treatment called video game detox. There is one treatment centre in Amsterdam which employs this method to their subjects. They are forced to quit gaming cold turkey. They start on this treatment by admitting that they are incapable over their addiction. Keith Bakker from Smith & Jones Addiction Consultants said that video games are now conquering lives
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Video Game Literature Review Violent video games are said to have a negative effect on those who play them‚ but there is also the debate that violent video games help those who play them rather than hurt them. There is a rating system that separates games into groups from games for everyone all the way to games that can only be bought if you ’re eighteen and older. The main questions with this rating system seem to be‚ "Where do we draw the line‚" and "Who draws the line?" All to often younger
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Since the early days of the video game industry‚ there have been many controversies related to violence‚ addiction‚ explicit graphics‚ and sexual themes. The misrepresentation of women being one of the many. The Damsel in Distress has become one of the most widely used gender clichés and misrepresentations of women in the history of gaming. As a trope the Damsel in Distress is a plot device in which a female character is placed in a perilous situation from which she cannot escape on her own and
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Video Games: Shaping the World’s Youth Shady Mahshi Lebanese American University Outline Claim: Negative effects of video games and results of overuse leading to many side effects I. Major idea: Video games promote unhealthy activity A. Opposing view: Video games may help children in following instructions‚ problem solving and logic Source: Raise Smart Kid. (2014). The positive and negative effects of video games. [Online] Retrieved from: http://www.raisesmartkid.com/3-to-6-ye
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