games‚ as leading to college dropouts (Somaiya‚ 2009). Students can become obsessed with these games and become disengaged from schools‚ friends‚ and life. Video games can also have positive social effects. One measure of this which has significant research is that of pro social behavior. (Schie & Wiegman‚ 1997). One recent study focused specifically on the effects of pro social games on undergraduate students (Gentile‚ et al.‚ 2009). It was found that playing pro social video games significantly impacted
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Children should be kept away from media voilence Recently Web and television has been so common that it is in the access of every child. Cartoons‚ movies‚ fairy tales and fiction these all seem really wonderful‚ but if a person knows what they do to the young mind of his/her child‚ then maybe he’ll never let him/her watch or use these things again. As we see around the minds of the children these days are beyond inocence. In the 3 1/2 feet tall boy their is a brain of a 15 year old lad. Children
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Violence in the Media In the world we live in‚ violence is a way of life for many people. Chances are‚ most of the people reading this live in nice‚ upper-middle class suburbs‚ just like I do. But‚ just because we don’t see this violence doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. We all know it happens‚ we’re not stupid‚ we watch the news‚ we read the newspaper. So why does the government try to censor violence? Why does the government try to censor sex? Is it because we can’t handle it? No. I can handle
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Reaction Paper October 28‚ 2004 Violent Media Images and Video Games Results In Violent Behavior Can violent media images and video games result in violent behavior? The answer is yes. For a few decades now hundreds of researchers have take time to research the relationship of media images and video games to violent behavior in children. In the next few paragraphs I will discuss why media images and video games result in violent behavior in children. This paper will also provide some important
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Professor Emily Kobayashi English 2000 5 February 2012 Violent Media is Good for Kids Gerard Jones‚ in “Violent Media is Good for Kids‚” expresses personal experiences about how violent comic books can often help children break through their shells of self-isolation. Because Jones largely discusses his own opinions‚ I feel the essay should provide more statistical evidence to support his thoughts. Although I agree with his point that children do need to have an outlet to express their underlying
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youth‚ drug abuse‚ gangs‚ video games‚ the Internet‚ and other problems in society. However‚ the commonality of the perpetrators of violence has been their alienation from their parents and society (Schaeffer). Hutcheon (1999) condemned the electronic media for socializing children into violence and a premature‚ perverted‚ and abusive sexuality. He also stated that harassing and violent behavior toward girls was being reported as early as the second grade‚ that boys in sex-education programs frequently
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games. Diverse media sources have become the major area where children shape their ideas and belief about death. Due to how death is perceived by the majority of the population in the society‚ media has used death as a highly marketable topic. Media often distorts and twists death‚ as something that it will never happen to someone close to you. In many instances children think of death as "cool" or a game and do not fully understand how final death truly is. Death in the media is the major impact
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Media is the Scapegoat for Today’s World I do not believe that violence in video games‚ movies‚ and music affects the decisions of the people who play or watch them if they were raised right. I get very frustrated when people cannot take responsibility for their own actions. My whole life people have blamed the actions taken by people on some form of media. If this is true than it means I do not have free will‚ for the things I watch and interact with will shape the person I will become. That
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causes of youth violence are multifactorial and include such variables as poverty‚ family psychopathology‚ child abuse‚ exposure to domestic and community violence‚ substance abuse and other psychiatric disorders‚ the research literature is quite compelling that children’s exposure to media violence plays an important role in the etiology of violent behavior.
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cleancutmedia.com/tv-shows/tv-medias-influence-on-child-development “Several risks to pediatric health are literally staring children in the face. It’s time to call the doctor.” Want to share this old‚ but great article from the Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin. Very interesting points about how media cuts into many issues such as obesity‚ eating disorders‚ attention disorders‚ violence‚ sex‚ and drug use and how Medical Professionals need to deeply consider how much media has an influence on the
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