According to Christopher J. Ferguson in ¨Video Game Violence and Pseudoscience: Bad Science‚ Fear‚ and Politics¨ from Skeptical Inquirer‚ Video games are not the cause of violence in young children or teens. This article presents the fact that there is no proven evidence of video games causing violence in children or young teens. It goes through and discusses the theory of how video games cause violence and gives an example most people use when trying to prove it. When Reporting about all of the
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Video games: The cause of violence or shootings? Have you ever played a video game? Has that made you want to go out and commit a violent act against someone? Many say yes to the first question but no to the second question.Violent video games are always at blame after a tragic or disastrous event. While many people blame disastrous events on video games‚ it isn’t really the game’s fault. There are many other causes that could be to blame such as bullying‚ mental health‚ guardian guidance‚ gun control
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Video Games Cause Violence? Imagine this‚ you enter a room‚ the sound of gunshots ring In your ears‚ you yell “flash out”‚ and you storm the room‚ guns a blazing. You get shot‚ you’re down‚ now you re-spawn‚ to do it all again. Video games have been the blame of a lot of youth violence‚ yet there was violence before videogames. Video games do cause an effect on youth but not violent effects. The topic‚ video games are the leading cause of youth violence‚ is very important; many people believe
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MEDIA VIOLENCE: POSITIVE AFFECT Violent video games and television shows has been the source of entertainment for years. Violent video games made its first appearance in the early 1970’s. In 1972 Sony released a very popular game‚ Call of Duty. This game series‚ gave many people‚ especially youth‚ aspirations to join the military. In 2004 Icon Productions released of the most realistic movies in history. The movie Passion of The Christ depicted a very clear and precise way that people were treated
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Violence is happening all around the world and it is said that one of the biggest reason for violence is playing video games. It is true that there are many games that show violence; however the purpose of creating this games was not to promote gamers in doing more violence as violent but to entertain. Violent games are rated for adults and so if parents take a good look the type of games they purchase and also become responsible for what kind of games their kids play then this would in some
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play violent video games. It is a very large industry in the United States. In 2008‚ over $11.7 billion was spent on video games and 10 of the top 20 bestselling video games in America involved violence. These violent video games are being blamed for bullying‚ violence towards women‚ and school shootings. The games teach children that it is acceptable to solve problems with violence. Violent video games are a large contributor to youth violence. Many people believe that violent video games are contributing
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Nowadays‚ video games have become a vital part of most children. They tend to spend more time in front of consoles and computers than reading books‚ playing or studying. However‚ when something becomes popular in somehow‚ there must be someone who disagrees and condemns it. The issue is that violent video games contribute to youth violence‚ don’t they? Perhaps it’s accused by someone who is conservative. Violent games don’t lead children to have violent behaviors for three reasons. First‚ research
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Violence Linking to Video Games Most believe that video games do not promote violence in people. They don’t know how it doesn’t register in peoples mind that you are your own controller. When children play video games they get mad and become angry when they lose‚ but the doesn’t get them so mad to want to commit a violent crime. Sure they have theories‚ but have they proven anything. Violent behaviors are done by you and you only. Did the video game make you go and commit a crime. According to
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Video Game Violence "Video Game Violence Law Poses Questions"‚ is an editorial located in the online magazine V Planet. Vance Velez‚ the author of the controversial issue‚ opposes the Washington law involving specific forms of video game violence‚ which is on the verge of being passed in the Legislature. He successfully persuades his audience that the Washington law limits people’s rights and that they should take a stand against the proposed law. His audience includes people who are in favor of
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Does Video Game Violence Affect Children? Abstract Does Video Game Violence Affect Children? This project shows if video game violence affects children. Many children between the ages of eight years old and ten years old will be observed before‚ during‚ and after playing violent video games. Looking for violent behavior before‚ during‚ and after playing violent video games is the whole experiment. The conclusion is that most children have no problems after playing the violent videogames. I
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