Karen Sternheimer's article title, "Do Video Games Kill?", reveals what she plans to address in her article. The title also lets the reader know that Sternheimer is going to argue about yes, that video games do kill, or no, that video games do not kill. As simple of a title it is, it gives the reader insight on what issues will be addressed, Sternheimer's position, and her detailed explanation of what side she argues for. Karen Sternheimer is a sociology professor, who is well versed in the topic of pop culture. Sternheimer has written multiple books on social problems, and popular culture. Sternheimer's qualifications, reveal to the reader, she is knowledgeable about the topic she is discussing, and she is well informed when it comes to addressing
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Sternheimer writes this article in order to prove the misconception that video games are the cause of murders, is in fact a farce, and there are statistics to back her opinion up. Sternheimer argues that there are other defining factors that cause murders, and video games are the last thing people should be worried about. Interestingly, Sternheimer's thesis is towards the end of the article, in which she claims, video games do not create killers, and there are other factors beyond video games that need to be analyzed …show more content…
Sternheimer claims video games have been the scapegoat whenever a shooting has occurred. She states, politicians have the cast the blame on video games, and different forms of media, and labeled them as the number one cause of youth violence, and endangerment. Furthermore, Sternheimer asserts that not only are politicians to blame on the criticism of video games the media is at fault as well. Sternheimer details the harsh headlines that come after a shooting, such as, "Days of Doom" (184), and how much more blame the public subject video games to, when they see titles like this. The media even go as far as to provide interviews form so-called experts, who bash video games without going into depth, for example, David Grossman who calls video games "murder simulators" (186) and makes an absurd claim that video games could be similar to military training. Secondly, Sternheimer brings in research to further prove her argument, by claiming research shows that video games are actually helpful, and do not cause violent behavior. Sternheimer claims that any speculation of aggression correlating to violent media is incidental, and from the research of psychologist, Jonathan Freedman, violent media such as video games produced results that were, "inconsistent or even contradicts the claim that exposure to media violence causes
Sternheimer writes this article in order to prove the misconception that video games are the cause of murders, is in fact a farce, and there are statistics to back her opinion up. Sternheimer argues that there are other defining factors that cause murders, and video games are the last thing people should be worried about. Interestingly, Sternheimer's thesis is towards the end of the article, in which she claims, video games do not create killers, and there are other factors beyond video games that need to be analyzed …show more content…
Sternheimer claims video games have been the scapegoat whenever a shooting has occurred. She states, politicians have the cast the blame on video games, and different forms of media, and labeled them as the number one cause of youth violence, and endangerment. Furthermore, Sternheimer asserts that not only are politicians to blame on the criticism of video games the media is at fault as well. Sternheimer details the harsh headlines that come after a shooting, such as, "Days of Doom" (184), and how much more blame the public subject video games to, when they see titles like this. The media even go as far as to provide interviews form so-called experts, who bash video games without going into depth, for example, David Grossman who calls video games "murder simulators" (186) and makes an absurd claim that video games could be similar to military training. Secondly, Sternheimer brings in research to further prove her argument, by claiming research shows that video games are actually helpful, and do not cause violent behavior. Sternheimer claims that any speculation of aggression correlating to violent media is incidental, and from the research of psychologist, Jonathan Freedman, violent media such as video games produced results that were, "inconsistent or even contradicts the claim that exposure to media violence causes