Video Games and Violent Children Brittany Hern 02/02/2011 Critical Thinking and Composition Home video games‚ an industry worth $11 billion domestically that is now 30 years old‚ continues to be thrown into legal and moral debates regarding what age is deemed appropriate to participate. Video games‚ especially those deemed to be violent or rated “mature‚” are at the center of the controversy. There are two sides to this debate. Video game companies and their supporters
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Violent Video Games and Their Effects on Youth and Adolescents Stephanie Keith Research Writing / Com 220 July 18‚ 2010 Maisah Robinson Violent Video Games and Their Effects on Children and Adolescents Why all the violence? Are we endorsing violence through media? With the violence of video games and other media‚ are children more prone to violent behavior? While some psychologists and researchers argue that it has not been proven that violent behavior in children and
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In the early ages of video gaming‚ males were predominantly targeted by game companies‚ which resulted in games that were designed for mostly heterosexual males (indie games were created and variations of mainstream games‚ but they were not profound and didn’t become well known). Within the past decade‚ this stereotypical idea has diminished‚ and females currently represent almost half of the gaming demographic‚ about 46% to be exact. Gaming holds a greater significance than we thought‚ which is
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Research Quotes “Game developers must balance an implicit notion of fun with the educational merit of a video game. In most commercial examples‚ disciplinary content is secondary to enjoyment and pleasure. In most educational examples‚ fun and engagement is a byproduct of the context. Developers face the daunting task of maximizing the technological elements of video games alongside the educational affordances. Further‚ they must accomplish this without losing the intangible element of fun…educators
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Mecca 1 The American educational system has been hindered by video games. If you look around you‚ you will realize that video games are everywhere. From Ipods‚ to smart phones‚ televisions‚ to even some of our printers now have games. Our generation is called the “Joystick Generation”‚ and for good reason too. Everyone is plugged in and no one more so than America’s youth. To put the impact of the “Joystick Generation” into perspective‚ take into account that software sales spiked twenty-eight
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Video Game Addiction in Teenagers There are many stages in life which everyone has to encounter and the teenage stage is probably one of the most important stages of a person’s life. During your teen years you really learn about what kind of person you are and what kind of person you want to be. Do you want to be the type of teen who stays home all day and play video games alone or go and hang out with your friends? This is where video game addiction comes into play. Some teenagers would rather
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Johnson Professor Harrison Composition II 2 October 2012 Effect of Video Games on Kids Growing up‚ playing outside was what I did for fun. Whether it was riding my bike‚ playing with friends‚ or swimming‚ I was outside for hours at a time every day. Today‚ kids have access to things like Xboxes‚ Playstations‚ and Nintendo DS. In a study conducted by Gentile‚ Lynch‚ Linder & Walsh (2004) "adolescent girls played video games for an average of 5 hours a week‚ whereas boys averaged 13 hours a week
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their kids touch video games because they think they are a waste of time and they rather let their children to spend more time on reading books‚ revising for exams or doing more exercises. Some people even think that they are as scary as drugs –－- unhealthy‚ costly and above all‚ addictive. Some people who think they are not good also think that the games include too many actions and bring bad behavior to the children. However‚ many scientists and psychologists find that video games can actually have
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characteristically is employed to create an unfair advantage‚ usually in one’s own interest‚ and often at the expense of others. Cheating implies the breaking of rules. There are plenty ways to cheat‚ you can cheat in a relationship‚ academically‚ and in games. Cheating is when a person misleads‚ deceives‚ or acts dishonestly on purpose. For kids‚ cheating may happen at school‚ at home‚ or while playing a sport.Some kids cheat because they’re busy or lazy and they want to get good grades without spending
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This graphic image taken from a video game is not uncommon. The low-cut clothing on the woman and the large overbearing man behind holding a knife to her depict a sad‚ but far too common representation of women within video game culture. As discussed in class‚ women are often presented as objects to which the players may do whatever they wish. This often results in violence and abusive sexual acts geared at what the game creators believe their consumers might enjoy. There are many negative representations
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