Popular Culture: Violent Video Games Popular Culture: Violent Video Games Violent video games are a form of popular culture that is very controversial in the world today. Various professionals and the society members have argued over the issue of violent video games especially on how the games should be restricted or prohibited to limit their use among the youths. These controversial arguments about violent video games make this kind of
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In today’s ultra-violent media world‚ approximately 68% of Americans play video games. With one of the most popular video games of 2012 being Call of Duty‚ it can be argued that it is more than a coincidence that the level of violence in society today has risen at a similar rate to the popularity of these types of video games. Statistics like this may not be proven but cannot be ignored in any studies conducted in behaviour traits‚ however‚ the connection between aggression in modern society and
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“Video games are bad for you? That’s what they said about rock and roll.” -Shigeru Miyamoto Blaming video games for real world violence has been an honored tradition for the past few years. It has gotten to the point where the people pointing fingers neglect to take any personal accountability. Parents simply want someone to blame for their own children’s violent behavior. Video games are an obvious scapegoat‚ but what they forget is that someone has to buy the video games. There is also the little
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Researchers‚ parents and educators are all discussing the controversy around violent video games and their influence on kids. The audience seems to be divided into two large groups: one is in favor of restricting or even banning violent video games as they make children (and‚ arguably‚ adults as well) more prone to aggressive behavior‚ like that seen on the screen. Opponents of this view claim that video games do not cause violent behavior in real life and are‚ in fact‚ a safe outlet to natural aggression
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Video games have become one of the favorite past times with children of all ages‚ and even some adults. What is not normally thought about when buying a new game console or game is: Do video games influence a child’s psychological development and make them more aggressive and violent? Do video games affect a child’s grades? These will be some of the topics we will be discussing. Some parents have the concern that video games‚ among other outlets‚ affect their children and cause them to
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10/25/2013 Research Proposal Question Do violent video games cause teenagers to commit violent crimes? Most people would argue that video games cause teenagers to commit violent crimes‚ but not everyone agrees with that. There are many cases that people have conducted research on teenagers that have committed acts of violence after playing video games. The authors of these articles state that video games leads to aggression and violence in the people that actually become aggressive
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mainstream media outlets explain that video games like call of duty ‘desensitise’ murder and ‘train children how to kill’ but is any of this really true? Over 70% of 13-15 year olds in first world countries play video games and the majority of them play video games depicting murder and violence. I mean‚ almost every day I go home and shoot somebody in the face with a shotgun. Does this make me a violent person in real life? The way the media talks about video games makes them sound like an abomination
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http://www.gamespot.com/features/6090892/ In December 2001‚ Surgeon General of the United States David Satcher‚ M.D.‚ Ph.D.‚ led a 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
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Jillian Marcus Prof. Reitinger Eng 121-115 23 Oct. 2012 Video Games and Violence: Is There A Link? Society today surrounds itself in wraps of violence and gore. Popular action movies like The Dark Knight and The Hunger Games are driven by a sadistic taste for heroic kills and survival violence. Music such as rap and hip-hop focus on harassment and abuse. News stations don’t hesitate to present graphic depictions of victims from the latest serial killer. In a world where barbarity runs so rampant
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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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