Can video games make kids more violent? A new study employing state-of-the-art brain-scanning technology says that the answer may be yes. Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine say that brain scans of kids who played a violent video game showed an increase in emotional arousal – and a corresponding decrease of activity in brain areas involved in self-control‚ inhibition and attention. Does this mean that your teenager will feel an uncontrollable urge to go on a shooting rampage
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where parents are forced to spend longer hours at work and fewer hours with their children. As a result‚ outside influences have greater access and influence over our children than ever before. The internet and the media are bringing the outside world into your home; your child’s peers; the influences on children from movies and the music they listen to are growing in importance and influence every day‚ the negative effects of television
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Media are devices used for moving information through time or space. They link the sender to the receiver. And when a message is sent to a certain receiver or audience‚ this receiver will eventually interpret its meaning. There fore‚ as a result‚ the audience will be influenced and will change in a certain way. In fact‚ influence refers to the way in which the mass media‚ in all their forms (television‚ books‚ films‚ etc ) affect the way we‚ as audience behave and act in our society and in our every
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’’ The upside of selfies: social media is not all bad for kids’’ by Kelly Wallace‚ she mentioned how people always think negative when they try to conecct beween teens and social media. She talked about the benfet that kids can have from using the social media‚ such as being self confident specially when the kids post thier selfie and other kids comment such as‚ you’re so pretty or you’re so beautiful. She also talked about kids socialaizing more with social media and sharing the same intrests. I
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Most kids that aren’t supervised on the internet have a higher chance of being a victim of cyberbullying. Kids should not be allowed on social media without adult supervision. It can cause anxiety or depression‚ which affects kids self esteem tremendously. It can also cause cyberbullying. This affects kids connection to the world and It can cause a lack of food or sleep. This affects a kid’s body and how it functions. Kids without supervision when on social media is horrible because it can cause
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Kids or No Kids Candance Bacco March 3‚ 2013 The title of my paper is called Kids or No Kids. Today married couples have a big decision on whether or not they want kids. I start out my paper by talking about how important this decision is and how it effects other people. Then I start to talk about all the pros of having kids. After that I point out all the cons of having children. The next part of the paper is all about the pros and cons of not having kids. As you will see there are a lot
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When Good Kids Kill Studies show that parents are six times more likely to kill their children than children are to kill their parents. But these facts are changing. The number of adolescents in jail has doubled over the past ten years and 115‚000 of these arrests were for violent crimes. Michael D. Kelleher‚ author of When Good Kids Kill‚ has looked into cases of teenage violence and why they happen. What happens when a good kid decides to murder? What causes
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Violent crime in America has always been a problem‚ but as a result of the media citizens think it is a bigger issue than it actually is. The media would rather focus on violent crime‚ specifically murder‚ rather than the more common crimes such as: burglary assault‚ etc. This helped create what is known as the ‘CSI Effect‚’ which is the idea that viewers think crime is exactly like crimes portrayed on television. As a Criminal Justice major I am able to see how the ‘CSI Effect’ affects members of
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Games Make Kids More Violent? Don’t believe the lie that video game violence makes kids violent killers. There is plenty of evidence that shows no correlation between violent games and aggression in youth. There is even evidence that video games can be beneficial. They improve hand eye coordination and reaction times. They also allow kids to be creative. Video Games are great for children in moderation‚ and different games offer different benefits. Violent video games do not make kids act more violently
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RUNNING HEAD: SEX IN THE MEDIA 1 Sex in the Media – Not a good thing Nicole Kimball ENG122: English Composition II Instructor: Hope Umansky November 1‚ 2012 SEX IN THE MEDIA 2 Anyone who turns on the TV today can see that sex is a big factor in TV shows‚ commercials and just about everything on TV. Even shows that are intended for young children have some innuendos and even show kissing. The media in America has changed and continues to change how the youth and children
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