Video games in pop-culture. Video games and computer games (from here on both categories will be simply referred to as video games for simplicity) have entered the domain of pop culture fairly recently. Although the first video game was developed in 1958 by William Higginbotham‚ their popularity didn’t occur until the seventies with the appearance of Pac-man and Frogger in the arcades (Computer and Video Games). If the younger generation of video game consumers would take a look at what was out
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Violent Video Games and Their Effects on Youth and Adolescents Stephanie Keith Research Writing / Com 220 July 18‚ 2010 Maisah Robinson Violent Video Games and Their Effects on Children and Adolescents Why all the violence? Are we endorsing violence through media? With the violence of video games and other media‚ are children more prone to violent behavior? While some psychologists and researchers argue that it has not been proven that violent behavior in children and
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study on violence in youth and determined that while the impact of video games on violent behavior has yet to be determined‚ "findings suggest that media violence has a relatively small impact on violence." The report stated: http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/impact/myths.html The overwhelming majority of kids who play do NOT commit antisocial acts. According to a 2001 U.S. Surgeon General’s report‚ the strongest risk factors for school shootings centered on mental stability and the quality
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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 aggression
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The Effects of Video Games on Children: What Parents Need to Know The home video game industry is now over 30 years old. In that time‚ computer technology has improved at a geometric rate. A high speed elevator now has more computing power than the Apollo spacecraft that landed on the moon. The promise of computers and video games as teachers was clearly recognized in the 1980s when there was a nationwide push to get computers into the classrooms. In the years that have followed‚ researchers
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describe future developments The field of video games is one of the most exciting because it is constantly developing and advancing so quickly. Unlike a lot of areas of ICT which have reached a level of stability‚ all parts of games‚ gaming and games development are still growing and will continue to grow. This means there is the potential for individuals to have completely new ideas and be the first to create something in the field. The popularity of games is growing exponentially‚ with more and
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It is known that we are living in technological era. Video games have become one of the favorite time-spending of young people all ages‚ and even some adults. Moreover‚ video games are unbelievably complicated and that shows just how deep the connection between people and technology. (Cooper‚ 2010) However‚ addiction to video games‚ one of the main problems has been brought by modern technology. According to Byron Review (2008)‚ a government-commissioned study‚ it is clear that even in the lack of
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can Can Video Games Be Educational? Have you ever thought a videogame can be educational? Video games are widely known as an excellent source of entertainment‚ and according to some‚ they can be of great help as an educational tool because of their interactivity. What a lot of people don´t know is that they can be good for those who play them for fun as well for learning. Nowadays the development of technologies is so rapid that it involves all layers of society‚ regardless their
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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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Video games have been rising in popularity and today has become a very profitable industry‚ beginning with the 1980s‚ from arcade classics like Asteroids‚ pinball‚ and Pac-Man to the postmodern console and computer gaming. (Sherman 243) With the rise of video games came the perpetuation of a gender disparity as a result of the emerged gaming culture and from the video games themselves. (Sherman 245) This gender disparity is evident from looking at the female gamers‚ who often experience sexism from
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