The Effects of Violent Video Games on Adolescents Kacy Romero University of Louisiana at Lafayette Abstract In this paper‚ the effects that violent video games have on adolescents will be discussed. Mentioned throughout this paper will be results from specific studies that both support and oppose the theory that violent video games increase aggression in adolescents. The theory that violent video games do encourage aggression will be the main focus‚ specifically supported the study conducted
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What are the effects of violent video games on young children or teenagers? A child should be given what he needs‚ not what he wants. I am starting this essay with this quote because this one describes our reality in the best way possible‚ where our children are becoming more and more everyday a part of the virtual world. Nowadays‚ children are obsessed with video games‚ especially with these violent video games that are spreading around and children play them every day. One day I was at my aunt’s
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The Danger of Violent Video Games in Children The links between increased aggressive and violent behaviour and the content of video games is a controversial subject. Increased scientific evidence demonstrates that violent video games are linked to increases in aggressive cognitions‚ feelings and behaviours (e.g.‚ Anderson and Bushman‚ 2001; Anderson‚ 2004; Anderson‚ Gentile & Buckley‚ 2007) However‚ there is still much resistance to the evidence among the public and by the video game industry (e.g
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influences in participating in violent activities. Owning a violent video game does not necessarily mean it’s a negative aspect that can cause involvement in these activities such as fights in school by our children. There was an experiment done that may say otherwise; however‚ not every aspect was accounted for in this experiment which makes it invalid. This experiment alone convinced me that violent video games in fact does not have any influence to children participating in violent activity at all. I personally
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The Desensitized Youth With the advent of video games‚ the world’s thirst for reality in the violent gaming realm has increased. In the alter-reality children have become desensitized and obsessed with violence. As each game becomes more bona fide and tolerable children cannot disconnect fact from fiction. Today’s video games have become an ever-rushing stream of death and gore; they have become a part of our culture‚ and have caused the modern young person to become more aggressive and
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Violent Video Games Violate Vibes? Video games have recently become a controversial topic‚ in regards to understanding if violent video games can cause aggression and violent behavior. Hundreds of studies‚ as to violent video games‚ have been tested on children‚ bullies and even criminals to find out if there is a connection between violent video games and bad behavior. Although most people believe that violent video games do cause aggression in behavior‚ because of such events like murders‚ criminal
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Banning Violent Video Games Over the past five decades there has been a discussion over violent media. This has included movies‚ music‚ music videos and television. Since 1990‚ there has been another venue on the chopping block‚ video games. Although video games have been around since the 70’s‚ the ones mainly considered in this argument have only been around for the last ten years. Some of the titles of these games are Doom‚ Grand Theft Auto‚ Warcraft and Manhunt. These are some of the games that
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Brinker Professor Colbert English 128-03 7 April 2010 Violent Video Games and Their Effect on Children Ever since the creation of the first video game‚ they have had a certain effect on the individuals who play them. As video games have become more advanced and elaborate‚ children’s interest is at an all time high. With the degree of violence that has been a part of video games since the early 1990’s‚ parents and activists have claimed that these games are affecting children negatively. This claim only
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