Citation: * “Video Games: A Cause of Violence and Aggression” from SerendipUpdate’s blog. Fri‚ 01/04/2008. <http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1723> This site provided basic information about social problems merged with video gamers tendencies. It does raise some important issues about the effect of videogames in our society and status that may be useful for my Recommendation Report. It is a commercial site rather than an academic site‚ so it provides some internal opinions
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Media in today’s world is everywhere. There is no place you can go to get away from it‚ even for just a minute. Look back fifty years ago and there was only television. It was not even popular at that time. Besides not being popular‚ TV shows could not use profanity or the actor and the actress could not be in the same bed or in a movie with a woman or a man unless he or she was their spouse. Today’s media has come a long way from that. The original standard has been lost. Media affects the lives
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Informative Speech Outline #2 Topic: Children and TV Violence General Purpose/ Goal: To inform. Specific Goal: I want my audience to know more about TV violence and children’s exposure to it. Thesis Statement: My informative speech is going to inform you about the definition of violence‚ how the media rates violence‚ and children’s exposure to media violence. Organizational Pattern: Topical INTRODUCTION I. Mahatma Gandhi said‚ “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.”
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technology for news‚ entertainment and education‚ the mass media is one of the greatest influential factors on the opinions and viewpoints of the younger generation. Some examples of media influences include magazines‚ internet‚ television‚ books and radio. All of these sources help shape the beliefs of what social life‚ culture‚ religion‚ or politics should be in the minds of younger people‚ sometimes at unrealistic standards. The mass media is a very helpful and relatively quick way to gain knowledge
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Violence in media is healthy and beneficial for children—or so claims Gerard Jones‚ author of “Violent Media is Good for Kids”. It is undeniable that the title of Jones’s essay is straightforward and aptly named‚ if not confidently bold. But while his claim may boast confidence‚ it lacks credibility. Jones does do a great job introducing his controversial claim by using passion‚ persuasion‚ and personal experience. However‚ his insufficient evidence and fallacious reasoning fail to support
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acts of violence including 8‚000 murders by the time they leave elementary school‚ according to Daphne White‚ executive director of the Lion & Lamb Project‚ a Bethesda‚ Maryland‚ organization created in 1995 to reduce violence in the media (Blakey 1). Other researchers have found that video games and movies expose children to similar levels of violence. The internet is also being blamed‚ with its easy access to information; it is becoming easier to access violence. The effects of violence in American
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Devina Rahim ENC1102 6/13/2013 Article: Violent Media is Good for Kids Author: Gerard Jones Violent Media is Good for Kids Black Ops is one of the most popular violent games in the world of PlayStation‚ Xbox‚ and other gaming systems. Violence has existed long before there was violent media. In the article “Violent Media is Good for Kids”‚ by Gerard Jones makes a strong argument concerning violence and children. He had great points about some troubled young children are able to transform
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TV Violence and the Future of Our Children In recent years‚ the news has seemed to mimic violence that appears in television and in movies. Several incidents support the majority of people’s assumption that TV violence effects a child’s behavior in many ways. A child’s judgment is hurt badly by viewing TV violence‚ which can have some serious long-term effects. First of all‚ when children see characters on TV or in movies triumph by using physical force‚ they begin to see violence as an acceptable
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Violent Media: Violent Behavior? Over the past few years we have heard debates on violent media influencing violent behavior in young adults and teens. Some people claim that the violent media such as video games‚ comic books and cartoons are the cause of the outburst in violence such as the recent public school shootings and movie theaters. There is more evidence to support that this type of media is a healthy outlet under proper supervision. I believe that some violent media can help people
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ACADEMIC ESSAY Should Parents be blamed or Youth Violence Youth violence is one of the escalating problems facing our society nowadays (Yonus n.d). What is youth violence? Based on Natalie (2002)‚ youth violence is necessity to oversee youth violence relative incidence‚ analyses behavior over time‚ measuring the range of youth violence in different legal power. Youth violence is regarding the young person‚ for example children‚ adolescents‚ and teenagers between
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