Video game controversy

At the university of iowa in 2009 , Anderson and his colleagues requested 500 people to engage in an experiment and listen to some more violent songs such as songs with contextual matter about guns and support and encourage murder and homicide such as "Shoot 'Em Up" by Bone thugs and harmony , and such nonviolent songs as "Finger Lickin' Good" by the Beastie Boys that don't contain such harsh text and are more about melody and calmness. Researchers included the lyrics of some of these songs…

Media Violence and the effects on aggression have been a controversial topic for over 50 years. Just recently, in 2011, the Supreme Court struck down a law in California where they were attempting to ban violent video games (Ramos et al., 2013). There have been many studies done to imply that excessive violent media exposure leads to aggression (Ramos et al., 2013). I am not agreeing or disagreeing that media violence exposure always causes aggressive behavior, I will argue that there are…

Video Game Violence and its Affect on a Child’s Behaviour Battlefield: Hardline, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Plain, and Mortal Kombat X, what do these game titles have in common? They were all listed as some of the most violent video games on the market for 2015 (Hayes). Though there are age restrictions set by Entertainment Software Rating Board children still have access to these “restricted” games from their parents or peers. There has been controversy over violent video games and if…

violent video games will cause you to act out violently and make you more aggressive. There is no solid evidence or data that links violent acts to playing these violent video games. Parents and experts feel that some games are just too violent and they demand the government to regulate the sales of these games. However, I believe violent video games do not cause an increase in violence and the idea to regulate these games is caused by an exaggeration of the effects of violent video games.…

Violent Video Games are not Dangerous Do violent video games have the potential to ruin the great minds of the next generation? Lately, violent video games have been wrongly accused of having dangerous, brain altering powers against the young adult minds. However, the video games that sell out after just days on store shelves have not been proven to hurt the child’s mind in the long run, they have even been found to benefit the brain. Violent video games should not be a concern to parents…

Perhaps most disturbingly, the mainstream news did not limit their inaccurate coverage of video game related massacres to the 1990’s. While it may be fair to say that the news of the 90’s were simply covering a new and potentially dangerous phenomenon, in an attempt to inform the public, they still continue to inaccurately cover massacres, particularly the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Just a few days after Adam Lanza committed massacre, several news outlets in the UK ran the…

in judgments is a central characteristic of human nature (Johannesen, Valde, & Whedbee, 2008, p. 43). One of the main factors in determining if violent video games could have first amendment protection or should fall under more government regulation was if violent video games provide values for users to learn and sustain. While violent video games do tend to focus on violence as a means to an end they can also provide the moral value of knowing what is right and wrong. However, Senator Yee…

process. Eitzen (2013) relies heavily on studies done on video game usage and film industry entertainment that suggest that the reality of violent actions is not being properly understood as a real-time event. Children and adolescents tend to find violence as a form of escapism with no real consequences when being projected through a video game or a film that is being viewed. More so, the broader community-based…

supervision over the games their children are playing. In a study performed by Woodard and Gridina, they stated that, “While most parents (88%) report regularly supervising their children’s use of television, only about half (48%) report regularly supervising their children’s use of video games” (Woodard & Gridina). Why are parents worried about the programs that are on television more than the content in video games? Have parents become desensitized to the content of the video games which…

Video games aren’t always bad for you. In fact, there is a lot of ways that video games can help people. Whether is helping in physical or mental attributes they help increase characteristics of each individual who plays them. Playing video games is not a bad thing, in fact, people who play video games have better hand eye coordination, have better and more accurate reaction time, and have less stress than people who don’t play video games. People generally think video games are bad because most…