1/24/02 YOUTH VIOLENCE Violence in America’s society is a major problem. This problem can be traced back as far as fetal development. Is not rocket science to realize that most angry violent acts are due to a disturbed child or individual that lacked attention‚ love or care. Violence is not a new problem and scientists are just finding out new facts about how it starts and how it can be prevented. Violence is a social problem that increases over the years. Violence is Shown
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Do Video Games Make People More Violent? Do violent video games cause violent behavior? I believe that violent video games do not cause violent behavior. While I agree that violent video games may desensitize youth to violence‚ I don’t believe the games make the youth more violent than they already are. Its not fair to single handedly blame violent video games‚ when there are tons of other violent media sources out there. Karen Sternheimer is a sociologist from the University of Southern California
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Pointing the Finger at Violent Video Games‚” the point he is trying to convey is that crime has gone down since 1975 when they did not have video games. Therefore‚ video games cannot be the blame for kids and teens acting more violently if studies show crime has gone down. Skinner disagrees with critics who say video games make people violent because he plays video games and done not act violent. Jordan Skinner’s argument is valid because I myself play violent video games‚ as do many of my friends
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VIOLENCE IN TELEVISION‚ MOVIES‚ AND VIDEO GAMES SHOULD NOT BE CENSORED Television‚ movies‚ and video games have a great influence on the minds of today’s youth. But‚ what exactly are the effects of such an influence? Certain people have exaggerated the effects that these media have on today’s youth. Many people‚ including government officials‚ have singled out these three media sources as the cause of some types of violence simply because it is an easy target for laying the blame. The truth is
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teens should be able to buy violent video games! There are so many reasons why. For years I’ve been so mad that we teens/kids could never buy that video game we all ways wanted‚ while your so called “friends” rubbed it your face about how their dad or there cool older brother bought it for them. Well enough is enough is enough. It’s time we teens be allowed to buy whatever video game our hearts desires. Now I know parents think “Oh my goodness this game is too violent!” but that all depends of the
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A Critique of “Why Violent Video Games Are Good For Girls” Carmen Tieu‚ author of the article‚ “Why Violent Video Games Are Good for girls” gave a series of examples on why first-person-shooter (FPS) are beneficial for women. There may have been agreeable examples and stated reasons‚ but her article flawed in many aspects. Tieu lacked in the area of including two parts of ethos that would make an article succeed better. As well as excluding some parts of Toulmin Model. The use of informal fallacies
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“Why Violent Video Games Are Good for Girls” The article "Why Violent Video Games Are Good for Girls" written by a student Carmen Tieu states that violent video games are not just for boys. Tieu uses many examples on how to prove that violent video games are not just for boys. Carmen states how as a girl playing video games that normally boys play it gives girls the opportunity to show boys than girls can be just as good. Carmen also explains that playing violent video games breaks the social mold
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Video Games and Their Effect on Teenage Minds Your heart’s pounding‚ as you jump out of the shower of AK-47 ammunition and into cover. You peek around the corner and realize the soldier previously aiming at your heart is no longer there. Panic starts to fill your heart as you turn around and ... the screen goes black. Your mom is standing behind you‚ the remote at her side. You check the time. . . your screen time’s over. The previous example is a common occurance. Parents just don’t get it‚ and
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PLAYING VIDEO GAMES TOO MUCH IS MORE HARMFUL THAN BENEFICIAL Whenever I look out from my window at home‚ nothing but memories come back to me. When the time that me and my friends playing together with many kind of Filipino games like “Patintero”‚ “Langit Lupa”‚ “Black123” and many more. I was about 7 years old when I was always want to go outside to play with my friends from morning up to afternoon. My only break was when my Mom calling me saying that “we’re gonna eat our lunch” so I need to
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Violent video games Many people believe that violent video games should be banned‚ claiming that they have a negative effect on people. Some even say violent games make people commit violent acts. These games do influence human behavior‚ which is not always positive‚ but this does not mean that they should be banned. If a child began playing violent video games at a young age‚ then he might think that violence in real life is the same as the game violence and that it does not have a real impact
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