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    101 05 Feb 2013 Do Video Games Promote Violence? Video games are being blamed more and more for violent acts people cause after playing them in extreme amounts. These violent video games are becoming more popular around the world among children‚ teens‚ and young adults. These games promote aggressive acts like shootings‚ theft‚ and drug use. As video games get more sophisticated and realistic‚ it becomes more like the real thing which desensitizes people to the violence‚ blood‚ and gore. The

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    mainstream media outlets explain that video games like call of duty ‘desensitise’ murder and ‘train children how to kill’ but is any of this really true? Over 70% of 13-15 year olds in first world countries play video games and the majority of them play video games depicting murder and violence. I mean‚ almost every day I go home and shoot somebody in the face with a shotgun. Does this make me a violent person in real life? The way the media talks about video games makes them sound like an abomination

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    To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that video game violence is okay to have. Central Idea: Video game violence is not the cause of overall violence in our country. Introduction I. Attention Getter: Do you play violent video games? If the answer is yes‚ then you must be a mass murderer. II. Central Idea: According to the survey you all filled out‚ a few people are of the opinion that video games can cause violence in those who play them‚ which is why I’m here to try and dissuade

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    what market it is? Video games! Hello fellow classmates today I’ll be talking about video games as voices of creation and destruction. Although I will be focusing on the destructive viewpoint of video games I will be shedding some light on the creation side as well. The destructive nature of video games is perhaps best illustrated by looking at gamers who play Call of Duty. This game causes the gamer’s brain to hyper-focus on all the information it has acquired about the game and disregard everything

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    not Video Game Violence Mike Howe Video game violence should not be lessened in any way. MAVAV (Mothers against Video Game Addiction and Violence) and other parents feel as though there is now too much violence in video games. They state‚ "video game companies continue to market violence aimed at vulnerable children and young teens" (MAVAV.ORG). Their children should be controlled‚ not the games. The games themselves are not alive‚ but only the people who buy them. There was still violence in video

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    Annotated Bibliography Effects of violent video game playing on youth Ward‚ Michael R. "Video Games and Adolescent Fighting." Journal of Law and Economics 53 (2012): 611-28. JSTOR. Web. 5 Nov. 2012. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605509>. There is a link between violence in the context of video games and violence affected by gamers outside of the context of gaming. Psychologists have studied the possible connections between violence depicted in the media and violent behaviors.

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    Violent Video Games and Criminal Behavior Western Governors University Student ID #000283042 Violent Video Games and Criminal Behavior The controversy surrounding violence in video games stretches back to 1976 and involved violence against stick figures. Over the years‚ violent imagery has increased in the frequency it appears in games and in the graphic depictions of violence against people and animals. Concerned parents‚ activists and researchers have long suggested that viewing such material

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    1359-1789/99/$–see front matter PII S1359-1789(97)00055-4 VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES AND AGGRESSION: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE Mark Griffiths Nottingham Trent University ABSTRACT. One of the main concerns that has constantly been raised against video games is that most of the games feature aggressive elements. This has led many people to assert that this may have a detrimental effect on individuals who play such games. Despite continuing controversy for over 15 years‚ there has been little

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    Video games have become a large form of entertainment ever since the Magnavox Odyssey was released in August of 1972. Now‚ consoles such as the PlayStation and Xbox are upgrading throughout the years‚ and the companies create more video games for kids and adults alike. Three-fourths of American households play video games‚ and with a growing industry‚ more job opportunities such as games designers and programmers are increasing. While there are professionals who take advantage of games to help live

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    Effects of Video Game Violence There have been many arguments that have been brought up arguing that violent video games are making kids more violent. Some arguments go as far as saying all video games are making kids more violent. However‚ the argument can go both ways. People have brought up that video games help kids with hand eye coordination and allow them to vent their frustrations. The earliest videogame has been around since 1958‚ and this game was a simple game that had no human and no

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