Violence in video games

Video games are one way that the media presents violence, and this is very serious because many of the people playing these games are children and teenagers. This group of people can be very easily influenced by the images and situations that are shown to them by the media, and they might believe whatever game-makers say about violence in the messages included in these games. Many people have already brought this issue to public attention, and some games present violence more severely and…

Has science evolved enough during the past few decades to allow accurate study of violent video games and their potential effects, particularly on those spending up to 18 hours playing them each week (Videogame Statistics)? Psychiatrist Ryan Hall estimates it may be another 20 years before we have the answers we all desire (Hall). Faults have been found in many of the studies asserting there is no link between the two based on gamer statistics alone. Researchers hoping to prove there is a…

Discussions of violent video games help to connect to earlier research on media violence by essentially confirming and furthering their original findings. For instance, some of the early research on media violence suggested that if someone frequently watched a particularly violent television show like The Following or Dexter, then they are more likely to become less empathetic and desensitized to the violence depicted in the shows. The viewer then begins to notice the violence hardly for what it…

general belief that violent videogames lead to aggressive behavior, the public would readily accept the fact that games are contributors to hostility. It seems logical; every time a new form or fashion which the current generation does not understand, appears, it is always easy to blame them. Think about it. In the 1950s, it was the comic book that people claimed to have brought the inner violence out of children. (Karlinsky, and Przygoda) Then it was rock music, followed by television, and now…

Video games have been around for ages. Almost every american household has a gaming console. Video games have become a daily thing to do for most of the youth today. The simulated violence in these games have been said to have negative effects on the youth. There are always people who have blamed video games or games with simulated violence for school/mass shootings and other tragic events. Numerous studies have shown that video games with simulated violence are and cannot be linked to violence…

entertainment such as movies and video games allow us to experience a unique form of entertainment, satisfying our inner desire for violence, without any impact on the real world. Video games are a particularly special form of violent entertainment as they allow the user to cause whatever violence they desire and bask in the gore. Some have begun to speculate that the frequent consumption of such violence will eventually lead to increased aggression and violence, and blame video games as being…

Simulated violence games are diverting for the people playing them. Although some things about them may be unacceptable, they do more good than bad. Playing these types of games, especially at a young age, gets the violent behavior out of their systems and won’t act like that in real life. Also it teaches the players that there is a right and wrong time and place to act in that matter. Playing games with simulated violence gets the awful behavior out of their mind set sooner. And there is a…

offender and 41% of multiple offender violent crimes (Escobar-Chaves, Anderson). Because of the demand of violent video games and constant…

played at least one Mature-rated game hit or beat up someone, compared to the 39% of boys and 14% of girls who did not play M-rated games? Or that 90% of pediatricians and 67% of parents agreed or strongly agreed that violent video games can increase aggressive behavior among children. Even 28% of boys and 5% of girls agreed that liking guns and weapons motivated their gameplay. On Debate.Org, 49% people agreed that violent video games contribute to youth violence. Laura Davis, M.D., a child and…

steadfastly defend video games. At this time all the research has failed to show a definite link to between violence in the world and video games. Instead they argue that any correlation can be explained by them being drawn to violent entertainment. At a very young age, kids are introduced to violence. It can be found everywhere. If the violent video games cause kids to commit crimes, then why has the juvenile crime rates significantly decreased, why the sales of violent video games increased?…