article “Do Video Games Kill?” author‚ Karen Sternheimer‚ brings up an interesting and controversial subject about video games. “If we want to understand why young people‚ particularly middle class or other stable environments‚ become homicidal‚ we need to look beyond the games they play.” Sternheimer starts her article by giving an example of the video game “Doom” that became a target for critics. Shooting at the schools in Kentucky‚ Oregon‚ and Colorado were most probably caused by video games. The
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Final Draft The Blame Game Why did our forefathers come to America? Why did they risk hopping on a boat‚ not knowing if they would survive the voyage? What could possibly be so important to them‚ that they jeopardized seeing their loved ones left behind again? The answer is freedom. Land of the free‚ home of the brave. However‚ each day the involvement of the government‚ media and other people escalates in trying to make sweeping decisions for all. Decisions on topics that do not have any real effect
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Effects on Exposure to Video Game Violence Part 1 Video games play a fairly large role in children’s lives today. The majority of video games played today are games found with the rating of mature and have large amounts of violence. According to IMDB‚ the three most popular video games in 2013 are‚ “Grand Theft Auto V”‚ “Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag”‚ and “The Last of Us”. The definition for Grand Theft Auto states‚ “Three very different criminals team-up for a series of daring yet profitable
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with questions about why he failed the test and how he managed to get a detention. His mother complained‚ “Jake‚ I’m so disappointed. It’s so unlike you to to fail a test.” Talking even louder in the background as his mother continued on‚ his pest of a sister taunted in a sing song tune‚ “Jake failed his test‚ Jake failed his test!” On top of all of that‚ he worried about what his dad would do when he found out about what had happened today.
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Do Video Games Cause Violent Behavior in Children? The presence of video games in the lives of children is obvious. Childrean are spending increasing amounts of time playing video games. In one study it was found that children spend an average of 9 hours per week playing video games (Gentile et a.‚ 2004). The violent nature of video games to which children are exposed is of specific concern. Therefore it is important to assess whether the active involvement of playing a violent video game leads
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Citation: * “Video Games: A Cause of Violence and Aggression” from SerendipUpdate’s blog. Fri‚ 01/04/2008. <http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1723> This site provided basic information about social problems merged with video gamers tendencies. It does raise some important issues about the effect of videogames in our society and status that may be useful for my Recommendation Report. It is a commercial site rather than an academic site‚ so it provides some internal opinions
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head: Do Violent Video Games Do Violent Video Games Make People More Aggressive? November 19‚ 2012 Do Violent Video Games Make People More Aggressive? Video games are something I have become very accustomed to. I am constantly running to the store to purchase whichever is the current hottest video game out for my husband and children. I do not purchase anything that I would classify as a violent video game
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Wright. Will Wright discusses in his article “Dream Machines” that video games “benefit rather than denigrate culture” (212). For years‚ many people have blamed video games for the violence among white youth‚ however Will Wright presents an outstanding argument on how video games can be a positive influence on the world such as progressive new ways of thinking and new technology. For years people have blamed violent video games for violent behavior problems with white youth. In fact‚ many journalist
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Do Television Shows‚ Movies and Video Games Increase Youth Violence? From the tragedy of Columbine‚ Colorado‚ 1999 to various youth related incidents around America‚ the media and in particular‚ violence in the media‚ has been considered a factor that contributes to the rise in youth related crimes and aggression. Beyond reasonable doubt‚ the media has changed the world and how we view it. The media offers a wide range of entertainment options. While the public majority understands that
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September 26‚ 2012 Thesis statement : Today most children are more into video technology and violence than they are into normal outside physical activity which is the biggest problem of child obesity. Video technology has decreased the amount of physical activity in children. Because of my nephew’s interest in video games‚ he played less outdoors than most children his age. The only physical activity he was really getting was from his gym class in school
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