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    The link between concussions and long-term brain damage is quite rampant in the NFL. There are clear ethical dilemmas at play that surround this very complex issue. First and foremost, are concussions avoidable in the NFL and if so, at what cost? Additionally, if a sport such as football results in catastrophic damage to its participants, should it even be legal? The dilemma at play for these two questions is whether the long-term health of football players outweighs the staggering revenue…

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    In Western society video games have become a dominant source of entertainment for youth. Positive side effects of video game use are brain stimulation, medical advancement and therapy but the negative connotations are children exhibiting violence, maladaptive social tendencies and addictions to gaming. Video games are defined as “electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device” according to AllAfrica.com’s article “The negative…

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    spend more time with video games than television. (2004). The Futurist, 38(6), S7. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA123582942&v=2.1&u=ko_k12hs_d69&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w&asid=cfa5e39ba22827901f6261aa2840c0fd - According World Trends and Forecasts, “Children 's aggressiveness may increase as they spend more time with video games than television. Because gaming is more participatory than watching TV, children exposed to violence in video and computer games are more at risk of…

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    especially in a game or examination. In America cheating is truly the American way, because in some other places it is not allowed. When someone is caught cheating in America, there are no consequences. Religion plays a big role when it comes to cheating. In some countries it is forbidden because of the religious values behind it. Muslin are you are not allowed to cheat. Muslim stated, "Whoever bears arms against us is not one of us, and…

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    Introduction The debate whether or not violent video games cultivate violent behavior has been an issue since there has been a rise in school shootings in North America. This article will be providing a summary of an empirical study conducted by Christopher J. Ferguson and Stephanie M. Rueda regarding developmental issues arisen from violent video games. The article The Hitman Study: Violent Video Game Exposure Effects of Aggressive focuses on the concept of the social learning theory and the…

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    Are Video Games Good For You? Not many people understand the benefits of video games, because those people have never played them. Some get frustrated when playing, but frustration just requires one to learn how to play. Each game is different and requires different skills, some are reflex, memory, problem solving, or simply role playing games. Video games have been on a slow incline throughout the years. With popularity rising developers have produced better graphics, stories, and gameplay by…

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    and valued playing treasure games, a game in which each person or team struggles to be first in discovering something that has been hidden. Once I am not being able to physically hunt for treasure, it is always fun to play a game instead and let the imagination guide me. Since I play lots of games, I have discovered there are certain delightful treasures to be found by playing them. The gathering of colleagues, family or friends is the best part of it. One of my most recent discovered games that…

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    to many other missions in popular violent video games. The majority of the time, the player of this game will turn off their Xbox or PlayStation and either go to sleep or go out to the living room and has an in-depth conversation with their family about the days’ events. They will go about their day and continue to live their life…

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    Terministic Screens in Modern Media The field of rhetoric took a significant step forward with Kenneth Burke’s essay “Terministic Screens”, published in his book Language as Symbolic Action. Burke defined the “terministic screen” as the way different terminologies direct attention in different ways: When I speak of “terministic screens”, I have particularly in mind some photographs I once saw. They were different photographs of the same objects, the difference being that they were made with…

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    He believed that the self is developed by three activities or stages. They are language, play and games. During the language stage (which has also been called the preparatory stage or the Imitation stage) George Herbert Mead states that individuals develop the self by learning to respond to each other through, gestures, words, symbols and sounds. The…

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