MCOM220-14A Assignment: 1 Do Video Games Cause Violence? Introduction: Video games and violence in the media for the past twenty years (specifically America) have always put video games as the scapegoat to blame whenever a series of tragic homicides occur. This topic is particularly of interest to me because I have journeyed through the evolution of gaming and witnessed the evolution of technology; some of the claims made in past research
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Pablo Rodriguez Mrs. Wright English 102 Section 33 7 October 2014 Final Draft The Blame Game Why did our forefathers come to America? Why did they risk hopping on a boat‚ not knowing if they would survive the voyage? What could possibly be so important to them‚ that they jeopardized seeing their loved ones left behind again? The answer is freedom. Land of the free‚ home of the brave. However‚ each day the involvement of the government‚ media and other people escalates in trying to make sweeping
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research shows that violent video game exposure increases aggressive thoughts‚ angry feelings‚physiological arousal‚ aggressive behaviors‚ and decreases helpful behaviors (Carnagey). Television and video game violence looked at by many parents and companies around the world and also this has been a debate ever since gaming and television started on whether crime is committed from games and television. This topic is controversial because the adults that like video games and television argue that there
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Violence There’s too much of it‚ but where does teen violence come from? Some studies say movies‚ other say TV shows‚ but most of them say video-games. When a dad or a mom sees the news and they says that the killer played violent video-games‚ they just take of shooting games for a week and then they forget about it. If parents are just going to do that what is the difference? "There’s an association‚ but it’s not a very robust one." says Katherine Newman author of books about the
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Violence can be defined in many ways but the most common and basic of these is commiting a harmful act to someone or something. When you typically think of violence‚ you probably think of the popular crimes that make the news like murder‚ rape‚ school shootings‚ bombings‚ suicide‚ and more things along those lines. However‚ technically by definition‚ bullying and other similar things could fit in among this definition‚ too. Just like the definition of violence has an open ended controversy‚ this
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Effects on Exposure to Video Game Violence Part 1 Video games play a fairly large role in children’s lives today. The majority of video games played today are games found with the rating of mature and have large amounts of violence. According to IMDB‚ the three most popular video games in 2013 are‚ “Grand Theft Auto V”‚ “Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag”‚ and “The Last of Us”. The definition for Grand Theft Auto states‚ “Three very different criminals team-up for a series of daring yet profitable
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Violent video games have gone as far as allowing the brain to even let the thought of being a “shooter” in the real world seem acceptable. Eugene Beresin‚ had made additional research on the comparison between killings and the mental stability of relations with mass shooters. The NRA (National Rifle Association) blame the media for promoting violent video games and movies and then cited these phenomenon’s as the primary cause of mass violence (1). In his article he first compares how video games may
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Citation: * “Video Games: A Cause of Violence and Aggression” from SerendipUpdate’s blog. Fri‚ 01/04/2008. <http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1723> This site provided basic information about social problems merged with video gamers tendencies. It does raise some important issues about the effect of videogames in our society and status that may be useful for my Recommendation Report. It is a commercial site rather than an academic site‚ so it provides some internal opinions
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September 26‚ 2012 Thesis statement : Today most children are more into video technology and violence than they are into normal outside physical activity which is the biggest problem of child obesity. Video technology has decreased the amount of physical activity in children. Because of my nephew’s interest in video games‚ he played less outdoors than most children his age. The only physical activity he was really getting was from his gym class
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ever arcade video game. Since then‚ video games have come a long way from just consisting of a pixelated ball and paddle. There are different themes and genres that appeal to all ages. From educational games to virtual reality the possibilities are endless. Recently‚ video games that contain violence and adult content have been under multitudes of scrutiny for being claimed to cause aggression in people and even change parts of the brain for the worse. Although it seems that playing games on electronic
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