Violence in Video Games Kadie Lawrence The controversy concerning violence in video games dates back to the release of Death Race in 1976[i]‚ a game in which the player runs over “gremlins” loosely depicting human stick figures with a car. Since its uproarious rejection by parents and educators‚ production of the game was ceased‚ however not before protestors forcibly removed the game from arcades and burned them in parking lots. It had been reported that the original working title of the game was Pedestrian
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or not games increase aggression. A video game is any console or PC based interactive game‚ aggression is any thoughts or behaviors related with the intention to cause harm. Contrary to popular belief‚ there is no reliable correlation between videogames and aggression. Claims are the backbone to a study; they are both the starting point and the goal. Cooper and Mackie (1986) sought to discover if a highly violent game would affect 4th and 5th grade kids differently than a nonviolent game or a paper-and-pencil
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Does Video Games cause Violence? 97% of 12-17 year olds in the US played video games in 2008. Due to recent school shootings‚ and increased bullying‚ communities are wondering if violent video games cause actual violence. The issue was brought up after the school shooting of Columbine High School. Investigators learned that the two students played many violent video games including Wolfenstein 3D and Doom. However this was to some was a one-time occurrence. Video games are being used as something
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Why Video Games have to be treated as Threat? Today‚ thanks to technology‚ people have many different and new ways to entertain themselves. One kind of entertainment that is well-known is video games. They are very popular among boys and girls from the age of 12‚ and to men and women in their 30’s. In a survey released by The American Academy of Child & Adolescent found that “Ninety-seven percent of young respondents play video games. That ’s 99 percent of boys and 94 percent of girls‚ with little
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Even though school is not a four-letter word‚ it should stall be banned. However‚ I stall have to go to school and I stall have to follow the rules. Unfortunately‚ I have the rues but it is not fun because of there in so many rules. In the end‚ I know that I’ll miss the teachers but the teacher and really stick and they tack away fun sometimes. Who would ever think that we would have snow in San Diego? The snow came in an old truck come and all of the kids were running down the hill and they fired
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Do Violent Video Games Converge With Real Life? Recently in America‚ there has been an explosion of anti-gun sentiment due to recent shootings‚ however no one has looked at the cause. What conditions a human being to preform these horrendous acts? Well‚ according to a myriad of parents‚ it’s video games. The claim is video games are actually psychological conditioners that cause a child‚ or player of any age‚ to lash out and perform violent acts. The scope of this paper will be violent video
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DISADVANTAGES OF VIDEO GAMES (WRITER NAME) (SUBMITTED TO) (UNIVERSITY NAME) (DATE) Abstract People of all ages play video game‚ which includes teenagers‚ young people and old people. Video games can have negative as well as positive effects on gamers. Negative effect includes inciting violence with harmful effect on the brain. Though there are some good effect also but it seems that it generally have negative effect on people. It keeps children away from outdoor activities (outdoor sports).
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Aggression and Violent Behavior‚ Vol. 4‚ No. 2‚ pp. 203–212‚ 1999 Copyright © 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 1359-1789/99/$–see front matter PII S1359-1789(97)00055-4 VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES AND AGGRESSION: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE Mark Griffiths Nottingham Trent University ABSTRACT. One of the main concerns that has constantly been raised against video games is that most of the games feature aggressive elements. This has led many people to assert
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Video game censorship is growing in the spotlight as technology grows. Parents are more concerned these days about the games their children are playing then ever before. There are many kinds of censorship out there and available for the consumers use. The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB)‚ self censorship‚ and video company censorship are just a couple of examples. In some cases video game censorship is being taken to court. This is where a fine line is drawn because it could infringe on
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DIFFERENT EFFECTS OF VIOLENT GAMES Although less research has been done on the impact of violent interactive entertainment (video games and other interactive media) on young people‚ preliminary studies indicate that the negative impact may be significantly more severe than that wrought by television‚ movies‚ or music. Playing violent video games has been found to account for a 13% to 22% increase in adolescents’ violent behavior; by comparison‚ smoking tobacco accounts for 14% of the increase in
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