Do Video Games Kill Karen Sternheimer Analysis

Video games are known to be played all around the world by various genders and ages. The increasing popularity of the games has led to the common debate of their effects on society’s youth. In the article “Do Video Games Kill?”, Karen Sternheimer sheds light on the impact violent video games have on impressionable minds. She argues that the media has failed to educate the public by providing them with thorough research about the topic. Sternheimer stands with her opinion that video games and violence simply coexist and do not correspond with each other.She uses persuasive techniques such as, statistics, examples, and counter arguments to validate her opinion about violence in games.
Statistics are numbers or facts that provide concrete information and data about a certain topic. This type of persuasive technique allows the writer to form a strong and factual argument that the reader cannot deny. For example, in the article “Do Video Games Kill?”, Sternheimer uses numbers to discuss the aftermath the video game: Doom, “homicide arrest rates fell by 77 percent among …show more content…
It expresses the view of an individual who disagrees with the author’s position. Counter-arguments influence the audience by making it seem like the author has investigated in the other side of the debate. One of the several hundred studies that asked whether exposure to media violence leads to involvement in actual violence resulted in this, “Television had led to more than 10,000 murderers in the United States and Canada… many other media-effects studies rely on correlation analysis, often finding links between exposure to media violence and aggressive behavior” (Sternheimer, 2007). This opposition quote shows that Sternheimer is an author that weighs alternatives before forming an opinion. As the explanation of the quote goes on she clarifies that the studies do not have any factual information. Sternheimer quotes