Investiture Controversy

order to determine how violence video games have been negatively affecting the players . It 's a common misconception that vvg are linked to violent and/or delinquent behavior. In the article "whodunnit- The media?" Maggie Culter addresses the controversy that follows the violent media. In the article, she asserts her opinion that instead of blaming the violent media, working together with the media will result a beneficial to the sanity and well state of mind of our children. People need to…

because somebody blew a video game out of proportion, doing what they saw in the game. Can pixels forming people shooting each other really cause an individual to snap? In most cases, it seems irrational and far­fetched, doesn’t it? One of the main controversies I have seen lately is the speculation that the playing of violent video games (i.e. the Call of Duty series) causing bad behavior. From what I have seen from being both a researcher and teenage gamer, video games do NOT induce violent…

Does violence on television negatively affect the reasoning of today’s youth? Many will blame video games and rap music on the decline of the respect and education of children and young adults. Starting with simple game systems such as Atari and computer games like Oregon trail, simple 16-bit images on our TV 's and computers, these were the first PG rated video games. You can turn on the television, internet, watch a movie or play a video game and see how to shoot, maim, attack or…

Video games with violent content have recently become popular among teenagers, children and the adolescent. This new trend has raised great concern from parents, teachers, and legislatures. Many have come to voice their opinion on the need for a limit to be placed on the amount of hours the young generation should spend on the games. In fact, some have even argued that there is a need to stop completely adolescents from accessing the violent scenes in video games. This study outlines the impact…

Theres a lot of controversy surrounding this topic, many argue it helps society, while many others argue its ruining society with the content of the games. scientists have run tests, done experiments, done extensive research and notes. Those that argue that it helps say that it provides an outlet for young children and adolescent teens with aggression, depression, and other issues as well as also helping develop a persons hand-eye coordination. they also argue that because people are…

Bang! The main character of the popular video game is now dead. However, just because a character dies, a child will not go out and hurt someone else. There’s a line between fantasy and reality. Every gamer knows that line and are well aware of the effects a video game has on him/her. Therefore, it’s impossible to say violent video games are the direct cause of violence in youth. The United States should not ban violent videos when they are not the direct cause. The parents can see what the…

Research suggests that individuals who play violent video games have an increase in aggression, and over the past twenty years there have been numerous studies reinforcing this belief. However, those studies fail to pinpoint the reasons why. This paper explores causal factors of aggression other than the violent video games. Therefore, variables other than the video games contribute to higher levels of aggression. Recent research suggests theses influencing variables are rumination, competition,…

What is the first thing that comes to your head when you hear the word video games? For some, it is an object that is fun and different, while for others it is a violent and dangerous tool that are available to young and impressionable kids. Video games have been around for some decades now. The question is: is it possible that video games affect the way people think and behave? Do violent games make people become more aggressive? What exactly is the correlation between violence and video games,…

Tug of war is usually a fun game for children. However, when dealing with being in the middle of two cultures, it is not as fun. It was as if the two identities that made me were playing tug of war to discover which identity would come out victorious. As a child, growing up in a country that your parents immigrated to often leads to a battle between two different cultures, especially with first generation children. With my parents coming to America after the Liberian Civil War in 1993, I grew up…

Have you ever done something terrible and later felt insanely guilty? Well, I have. When I was in third grade, I downloaded a game for free. Little did I know then, but that game would somehow change me into the person I am today. That game was called My Talking Angela, an app that is a spin-off of My Talking Tom, which is a spin-off of another app that is called Talking Tom. Anyway, in My Talking Angela, you receive a young cat, in which you are supposed to take care of. The flaw of this is…