MCOM220-14A Assignment: 1 Do Video Games Cause Violence? Introduction: Video games and violence in the media for the past twenty years (specifically America) have always put video games as the scapegoat to blame whenever a series of tragic homicides occur. This topic is particularly of interest to me because I have journeyed through the evolution of gaming and witnessed the evolution of technology; some of the claims made in past research
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HMN-101-01 10/28/2012 Ethical Issue Essay: Final Draft Video games have always been an important part of the entertainment industry since its appearance in 1970’s. They have been played worldwide and effect many people. While the children are already playing the games‚ the number of women gamers‚ as well as the age level of gamers in general is increasing. As technology advances‚ video games with more diversity and real-life experience are slowly creeping into parts of our
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and not a friend. In this generation of teenagers violent video games such as “Halo” “Mortal Combat” and “Medal of Honor” all of which take gamers to a place where its okay and not only okay but encourged to kill. “Iowa State university reasearchers found that violent video games increased the likely hood of of aggression”(Oskin). These games make it hard for the gamer to distingush between reality and the game. While yes these games do have ratings many of them R‚ an adult has to buy it for their
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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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to be accrued. The multibillion dollar video gaming industry has banked thus far in catering to male interests‚ while making haphazard attempts at attracting the female audiences. Many view it as a saturation of male interests and a depletion of the out of the box mentality. We shall probe into a more meaningful understanding of the perceptions of a sorely neglected audience and highlight the encouraging signs well underway to bellow new life into the Video
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Subject: The Home Video Game Industry: Industry Analysis History In 1949 the video game was thought of for the first time by an engineer named Ralph Baer but it would be years before video games would enter the spotlight.1 In 1972 Steve Bushnell started the first gaming company Atari. Until 1978 there were very few games for the home system. In 1982 Atari releases a newer version and sales start to sore. In 1985 Nintendo enters the market with the NES. Nintendo still outsells both companies
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Childhood Obesity: Video Games Not To Blame According to a 2006 American Obesity Association Study‚ approximately 30.3% of children (6-11 years) are overweight and 15.3% are obese. For teens (12-19 years) 33.4% are overweight and 15.5% obese. Who is planning on having children in the future? Who is planning on raising overweight or obese children? I bet if someone asked that question 20 years ago the response would be about the same; but in the last two decades the rate of overweight and obese
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Hello‚ this is Cheyenne Doig and today I want to share with you a video game that I think truly made an impact on my day to day life. To evaluate‚ It affected me positively in my life outside just playing it. This game is called “Flower” and it was developed by Annapurna Interactive. This first-person‚ single-player game starts off with a plant on the window sill. As you progress through each of the six levels‚ more potted plants show up. The story has no dialogue‚ just soothing music and nature
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Violence There’s too much of it‚ but where does teen violence come from? Some studies say movies‚ other say TV shows‚ but most of them say video-games. When a dad or a mom sees the news and they says that the killer played violent video-games‚ they just take of shooting games for a week and then they forget about it. If parents are just going to do that what is the difference? "There’s an association‚ but it’s not a very robust one." says Katherine Newman author of books about the
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“BLAME VIOLENT GAMES!” Recently video games have been blamed as the main cause of violence in today’s society. Video games have been a main source of entertainment since 1957 when professors used them for simulations to prove their research. Many famous video game characters have come out since then like Mario‚ Luigi‚ Sonic‚ and many‚ many more. I have been playing games since I was 4 years old and I have never once been violent or thought of being violent since then. I believe games can improve certain
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