I Introduction
A Accesability
Video Games have been becoming increasingly accessible. Its a popular entairtinment method for kid to get out an escape into a virtual reality.
B. Introduce the topic
I. As technology expands the different platforms that video games can be played on will increase and more children will be able to play them II. After conducting a study it was found that the majorty of twelves to fourteen year old frequently played violent video games.
III Thesis statement
Children will continue to be exposed to violent video games without restricting the sale of violent video games to minors; and the effects of playing video games cannot be controlled without limiting the time children play them.
II. A. As technology has …show more content…
Whitaker and Brad J. Bushman found in a study that people who played violent video games were less likely to help another in distress than those who did not play violent video games
III Solution
A. Video game sales to minors should be restricted by having retailers ask for proof of age, such as with a driver's license.
Currently, there is a Supreme Court case-Schwarzenegger, Gov. of California v. Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA), et al.-about creating a law restricting the sale of violent video games to minors. If it were to be enacted, retailers would be up to $1,000 for selling a violent video game to a minor (JONNY MOON D8).
Some retailers, such as GameStop and Best Buy already have measures in place that require everyone to show their driver's license and prove they are eighteen or older when buying mature rated games, which keeps children from buying violent games.
3. This would not cost anything to retailers, who would only need to implement a rule. However, children can get an older family member or friend to buy the game for them and get around the age
A Accesability
Video Games have been becoming increasingly accessible. Its a popular entairtinment method for kid to get out an escape into a virtual reality.
B. Introduce the topic
I. As technology expands the different platforms that video games can be played on will increase and more children will be able to play them II. After conducting a study it was found that the majorty of twelves to fourteen year old frequently played violent video games.
III Thesis statement
Children will continue to be exposed to violent video games without restricting the sale of violent video games to minors; and the effects of playing video games cannot be controlled without limiting the time children play them.
II. A. As technology has …show more content…
Whitaker and Brad J. Bushman found in a study that people who played violent video games were less likely to help another in distress than those who did not play violent video games
III Solution
A. Video game sales to minors should be restricted by having retailers ask for proof of age, such as with a driver's license.
Currently, there is a Supreme Court case-Schwarzenegger, Gov. of California v. Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA), et al.-about creating a law restricting the sale of violent video games to minors. If it were to be enacted, retailers would be up to $1,000 for selling a violent video game to a minor (JONNY MOON D8).
Some retailers, such as GameStop and Best Buy already have measures in place that require everyone to show their driver's license and prove they are eighteen or older when buying mature rated games, which keeps children from buying violent games.
3. This would not cost anything to retailers, who would only need to implement a rule. However, children can get an older family member or friend to buy the game for them and get around the age