on children under the age of two there has been no clear evidence on the effects. Some studies have shown that it may lead to learning and attention problems‚ but not the experts have agreed this is true. Children are seeing more and more violence on television every day. Even in G rated movies children are subject to violent acts. All we have to do is look at some of the Disney movies over the years. While Snow White was a positive upbeat person that was nice to everyone‚ she was still
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Video Game violence and our youth In the past 20 years society has fallen victim to mass murders perpetrated by children‚ even though overall crime is down. In order to better understand this; social scientists are conducting studies on whether violent video games contribute to this cycle of violence or are they just a tragic coincidence. In “violent Video Games: Dogma‚ Fear‚ and Pseudoscience” Christopher Ferguson argues that there is no significant contribution to video game violence and the up-tick
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ENGL 200 October 6‚ 2014 Video Game Violence: A Scapegoat for Disengaged Parents Today’s youth live in a time where video games are a fixture of entertainment. Video game consoles are found in almost every home‚ including a child’s bedroom. I believe that the portrayal of violence in video games is not the reason for the increase of violent acts committed by and against youth. Parents and the government should understand it is not the fault of the game itself. Modern parents should be engaged
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Controversial TelevisionAdvertising for Children Today ’s children are unique in many ways from previous generations‚ but perhaps the most influencing on our young children today is Television advertisements. "In 1997‚ the nation ’s estimated 34 million children age 12 and under will have spent or influenced spending of a record $500 billion" (Horovitz 1997). There is obviously a great deal of interest in this subject‚ many books have been written‚ and many studies and reports done on the effects
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Can violent games make a gamer act irrational? Does it lead to a dangerous situation? How does it affect the behavior of the participant or player? Since the 1950s‚ Social scientists have been debating and studying the effects of media violence while since the 1980s‚ they have been more directly studying the effects of video games on behavior of the participant.This topic seems so important today because the games nowadays are more realistic and bloodier than ever. Video games are definitely becoming
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Violent Films and Their Impact on Children The film industry‚ in this generation‚ has produced several great and highly successful films‚ many of which contain some form of excessive violence. Some examples of these movies include The Boondock Saints‚ The Expendables‚ and Fight Club. Although these films are indeed wildly successful‚ it is important that such films are watched by only their intended audiences‚ namely adults. Many children are
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Brown‚ Brett V‚ and Sharon Bzostek. "Violence in the Lives of Children." Cross Currents. 1.1 (2003). Print. Vanesa San Miguel Brett‚ Brown‚ and Bzostek examine the violence in children lives. Question them if media is really the cause of violence or do they come from homes that are violent. The article discusses that half of the reports where were from their own homes. For example‚ “In 2001‚ 903‚000 cases of child abuse and neglect were reported to and substantiated by child welfare authorities”
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officials have blamed today’s media on the acts of kids and young adults‚ how the impact of violence‚ drug‚ and alcohol abuse can ruin children’s lives. Parents need to notice that their own behavior has a major influence on their children’s lives and futures. He makes strong statements that the media does not influence adolescent violence‚ drug‚ and alcohol abuse. He supports his opinion with many examples including the comparison of television violence and real actual violence. Males notes‚ “Kids will
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and partaking in the other outlets available such as media. According to Anderson and Gentile‚ [Parents have an important role to play. Psychologists have found that when parents limit the amount of time as well as the types of games their children play‚ children are less likely to show aggressive behaviors (Anderson et al.‚ under review; Gentile et al.‚ 2004). Other research suggests that active parental involvement in children ’s media usage-including discussing the inappropriateness of
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today it seems the violence in video games are taking the blame for encouraging violent behavior. But before we start passing the baton to violence in video games for the cause of violent behavior‚ ask yourself‚ is violence in video games really the cause of violent behavior‚ or are we just passing the blame like it if where a game a tag? Violence in video games should not be blamed for violent behavior because video games act as stress reliever‚ there are other forms of media which have their share
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