2 April 7‚ 2014 Video Games: Why Their Benefits Outweigh Concern over Violence Video games are rapidly becoming one the most common forms of electronic entertainment and are played by both children and adults. Recently‚ there have been several investigations into the possible effects gaming may have on the development of children’s mental faculties as well as how they might affect a gamer’s emotional disposition following gameplay. Much of this research has painted video games in a negative light
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Article EFFECTS OF VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES ON AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR‚ AGGRESSIVE COGNITION‚ AGGRESSIVE AFFECT‚ PHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL‚ AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Scientific Literature By Craig A. Anderson and Brad J. Bushman Iowa State University Research on exposure to television and movie violence suggests that playing violent video games will increase aggressive behavior. A metaanalytic review of the video-game research literature reveals that violent video games increase aggressive
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While violence is not new to the human race‚ it is an increasing problem in modern society. With greater access to firearms and explosives‚ the scope and efficiency of violent behavior has had serious consequences. We need only look at the recent school shootings and the escalating rate of youth homicides among urban adolescents to appreciate the extent of this ominous trend. While the causes of youth violence are multifactorial and include such variables as poverty‚ family psychopathology‚ child
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English 1120 10 March 2006 Video Games vs. Children The promotion of violence by today’s media‚ especially video games‚ has caused violence and aggression in reality to become a major concern. As gaming graphics and special effects are becoming more realistic‚ this portrayal of violence is one of the many important concerns in society. These days‚ a person can pick up a controller‚ move a joystick around‚ press a few buttons‚ and totally devastate an entire city. The recent uproar about this
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The Negative Influence of Video Games Video games are a relatively new medium of entertainment‚ which gives us control over the story to play it out‚ act it out‚ making it engaging. This leads to games being extremely fun‚ challenging‚ appealing and addictive. With time‚ games with improved mechanics‚ visuals and complexity are released making it even more appealing for the player making it difficult for people not to like video games. Nevertheless‚ video games tend to have certain effects on people
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defense contractor‚ Sanders Associates‚ developed the first video game. It was created by Ralph Baer who was the manager of equipment design at Sanders Associates. In August 1966 when he came up with the idea of making a game for a television set. In 1967 employee Bill Rusch‚ assigned to the project‚ proposed a new game in which the hardwired logic circuit projected a spot flying across the screen. Originally the object of the game was for players to catch the spot with manually controlled dots
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Do violent video games cause behavior problems in teenagers? Would an age restriction help decline the controversy that violent video games cause behavior problems or have parents associated the aggression because of the many massacres and deaths related to teenagers who have played violent video games. Aggression could be defined as “feelings of anger or antipathy resulting in hostile or violent behavior; readiness to attack or confront‚” in other words‚ aggression causes violence‚ but what causes
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Rivalry in video games industry Introduction The video games industry faces an entirely new rivalry situation. After 11 years of leadership‚ Sony has nearly lost its strong positions on the market‚ which gives the other two players – Microsoft and Nintendo - the chance to compete for the leadership. While the goal of Nintendo is to stay in the industry‚ Sony and Microsoft aim to strengthen their positions on the home entertainment market‚ which is constantly growing. The key factors‚ the companies
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Combating the Effects Media Violence on Children “You better run for your life if you can‚ little girl‚ hide your head in the sand little girl‚ catch you with another man‚ that’s the end’a little girl. I’d rather see you dead‚ little girl‚ than to be with another man…” Most of us would be shocked by these words‚ but these are actually the lyrics for Run for Your Life by the Beatles. Other songs like Foster the People’s Pumped Up Kicks (All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run
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Benefits of video games Video games are widely overlooked or underestimated around the world world mainly because they are called games‚ but unfortunately people do not realize that it is similar to other games that people say are useful. For example‚ soccer started as a game so that people may enjoy playing together and improve their relationship with each other in addition to improve their teamwork. If we are to look at video games they have achieved the same purpose if not more. Video games is essentially
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