In today’s world, it is hard to find anybody who has not played a video game regularly, or even been sculpted by it. As more kids and adults become connected to a virtual reality, they drift farther away from the real reality. Violence in video games is something our society has become desensitized to, and further desensitizing our people to violence. Now why this is important is that there is a possibility that exposure to violent video games is a contributing factor to parricide, since evidence proves that the exposure increases aggression. People could be looked at as a clean slate, being shaped by other people, events, and culture. When violence becomes part of culture it then transposes to people’s action. We see and hear about violence
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But it would make more sense if it were to be broken down into steps towards such violence acts rather than a direct factor. For instance a child or adult who becomes exposed to violent video games while coming from a broken home becomes desensitized. This then leading to them to act violently when he or she simply feels pushed to the edge. When broke down it sounds plausible. Plus, that situation would fit Ousley nicely. His parents would fight, he felt as if he had little support for his emotion. Leading him to kill his parents. Like many other research study’s attempting to connect behaviors and actions to certain stimuli, there is conflicting research, a lack of evidence and a lack of public support. The article suggests that there should be concern for the adverse effects of exposure to violent video games. It does not conclude that playing violent video games makes everybody more aggressive. While all is said it still yields results supporting the hypothesis. People who play violent video games tend to feel more aggressive than those who play neutral ones. But applying this to criminals and the reasons to their behavior is much harder and would require much more extensive research. Again, this connection between Ousley and violent video games is a long shot; however it could explain why he felt desensitized,
But it would make more sense if it were to be broken down into steps towards such violence acts rather than a direct factor. For instance a child or adult who becomes exposed to violent video games while coming from a broken home becomes desensitized. This then leading to them to act violently when he or she simply feels pushed to the edge. When broke down it sounds plausible. Plus, that situation would fit Ousley nicely. His parents would fight, he felt as if he had little support for his emotion. Leading him to kill his parents. Like many other research study’s attempting to connect behaviors and actions to certain stimuli, there is conflicting research, a lack of evidence and a lack of public support. The article suggests that there should be concern for the adverse effects of exposure to violent video games. It does not conclude that playing violent video games makes everybody more aggressive. While all is said it still yields results supporting the hypothesis. People who play violent video games tend to feel more aggressive than those who play neutral ones. But applying this to criminals and the reasons to their behavior is much harder and would require much more extensive research. Again, this connection between Ousley and violent video games is a long shot; however it could explain why he felt desensitized,