Mehnaaz Momen Political Class and Gender Roles 27 March 2011 Gender Roles in the Video Game Industry We often reflect on our lives and realize that not everything in our worlds outlines life as fair game. I see many facets of life that benefit one gender role better than the other. I also see parts of our lives where one gender role isn’t treated as equally as others. Me being part of the video game community for so long never opened my eyes to these realizations. I never wanted to believe
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Expository Essay: Final Draft Video Game Violence and Its Effect on the Youth Audience By: Jodi Fram UNV-104 Tamla Johnson The topic regarding violent media resulting in subsequent user violence in the youth audience has long been a controversial and heated debate. In the time of Plato‚ it was argued that Greek plays attributed to violence. In the nineties‚ people argued that violent movies and television resulted in violent behavior. Now‚ the debate focuses on video game violence and subsequent
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I believe that video games are bad for the human brain and body. There are many problems that come from violent video games. “Children who play more violent video games are more likely to have increased aggressive thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behaviors‚ and decreased prosocial helping‚ according to a scientific study” (Anderson & Bushman‚ 2001). In this study‚ they compared children who play violent video games with children that play none with a cat scan and the violent video game child had more
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Why video games really are linked to violence. By Amanda Schaffer|Posted Friday‚ April 27‚ 2007‚ at 4:10 PM Master Chief in the video game Halo On The Daily Show on Thursday‚ April 26‚ Jon Stewart made short work of the suggestion that the Virginia Tech shooter‚ Cho Seung-Hui‚ might have been influenced by violent video games. (Cho may or may not have played the popular first-person-shooter gameCounter-Strike in high school.) A potential video-game connection has also been dangled after past
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popularity of video games has spread like a roaring wildfire. As the popularity of video games began to rise‚ the games began to evolve and branch out into the wide variety of different genres and categories that are seen today. However‚ just like any form of popular media or culture‚ controversy has sparked around video games and has become shrouded around the world of video games. Many people believe that video games have no positive aspects whatsoever‚ and some have even claimed that video games actually
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Though video games are hardly new‚ there have always been arguments whether the images they show have a huge harmful impact to people since video games are frequently associated with violence. So often people only see the negative side of what video games bring that we disregard the advantages they give. Children may be often pleaded by their parents to do anything rather than playing games. This may be because parents do not pay attention to the benefits we can acquire from video games. When
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diverse technologies that exist. Even with such a dependency on technology select individuals deem technologies such as video games mindless and unproductive. The common words used to describe gamers are obese‚ lazy‚ aggressive‚ and socially awkward. However‚ video games reap many benefits that include stronger social ties‚ improved hand-eye coordination‚ and certain video games can be used as an educational tool. For the individuals with Schizotypal personality disorders or even just introverts
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Video Games in Psychotherapy After reading the article‚ Video Games in Psychotherapy by T. Atilla Ceranoglu‚ I agree that video games can help in psychotherapy because I believe that playing videos can take their minds off of the tragic things going on in their life‚ such as children who went through abuse‚ neglected‚ control problems etc… This will help them release some stress and to have a little fun. I think those kids who have problems controlling themselves this will help them relax a little
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sample paper. The topic of choice is "Can Video Games Make The Players Mind More Creative." I think that saying video games make children lazy and are dangerous is an unfair opionion. My supporting arguements would be: Video games can contribute to hand eye coordination‚ physical attributes increased‚ and high arousal‚ excitement‚ can trigger more positive moods. Original text from cited sources: While one widely held view maintains playing video games is intellectually lazy‚ such play actually
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The Positive and Negative effects of Video Games I. Video games have both positive and negative effect on the human brain. a. Positive Influence b. Negative Influence. c. Recommended for Video Games II. Positive Influence. "Video games change your brain‚" according to University of Wisconsin psychologist C. Shawn Green. a. It can increase problem solving and logic. 1. Accuracy- Action games‚ according to a study by the University of Rochester‚ train the brains of players to make
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