Since violent video games, like Mortal Kombat, were created, adolescents who play these games become more aggressive than before. To me, playing violent video games is unsafe for these people since they have the negative influence on these people. I believe that researching on that topic would help us get the sense of what problems to avoid. I wish to know what are the possible effects of violent video games on adolescents’ aggression. The independent variable is violent video games, and the dependent variable is adolescents’ aggression.
What will happen if video games become more and more violent and realistic? On the other hand, are video games to blame at all for the increase of violence in kids? When violence in video games started to increase, people started noticing an increase in the aggression of their children as well. This brought about the assumption that the violence in video games has a large impact on the way children behave. There is no correlation between violence in video games and aggression in the ones who play them.
Video Games This generation kids are addicted to video games. Video games are simulations where the player has control. These video games have negative effects on people Video games affect people in negative ways; they cause bad behavior, bad social life, and brain effects. Video Games Affect People’s Behavior Children become more aggressive. In “Can Playing Video Games be Harmful to Your Kids” Manshacher stated, “There is increased risk of being aggressive and normalizing aggressive behavior if violence-based games are played.”(P27).
Lastly, violent video games addiction causes teenagers conscience to almost decay. Causing fantasy to mix with reality. The first effect of violent video games is a shown increase in aggression, thinking skills begin to match the thinking skills of those characters in games. Teenagers begin to think through aggression problems will be solved. These problem solving theories are a result of violent games.
Violent video games popularity heightens in today’s technological society, especially with children and teenagers. Many children and teenagers play these violent video games, and most parents worry about the side effects that will stem later in life from too much violence in these violent video games. Some children have trouble associating the difference between reality and fiction. Also, violent video games hinder the social growth of children. Many people and researchers worry that the violent video games have negative effects on teenagers and children, and these people and researchers believe that these violent video games are the cause of youth violence.
As a result of video games becoming more violent, children are being more and more exposed to this violence. Authors of “Update: Video Games and Violence” say that violent video games should not be available for children. The violence in the video games could cause them to hurt or assault others (Update). The article claims that “Children cannot purchase harmful substances such as alcohol and tobacco” they note – “violent video games should be similarly kept out of their possession” (Update). Another online article named “Video Games and Violence” suggests that viol... ... middle of paper ... ...eb.
Video games can be good sometimes because it can entertain people, and it can be fun but they’re still bad for the mined. “Video games are fun, but they aren’t good for you, the most popular games aren’t educational and are sometime not age appropriate, some contain violence and bad language” (Alex Levin). Being active out in the fresh air is better for kids. Kids should exercise their mind in more positive ways. Bad Influence In the article, Alex Levin talks about games are a bad influence on kids because some games are very violent and have killing in them, so the kids can react very aggressive.
This shows that violent video games aren't as bad as depression and delinquent peers at creating violent. Although that may be true directly, some delinquent behavior is caused by violent video games. So even if they didn't play video games, then the delinquent peers probably did, so they were still affected by violent video games. Although some people believe violent video games to be fine for children, those kind of games aren't because they can cause aggressive behavior. However, one of the worst results of violent video games is increased aggression levels.
Secondly, the exposure to violent video game provokes adolescents to behave poorly. “(Gentile & Anderson, 2003) state that playing video games may increase aggressive behavior because violent acts are continually repeated throughout the video game”. Whatever adolescents see they do; For example, the concept of ... ... middle of paper ... ...ve damaging effect on children in today’s generation. The effects are aggressive behavior, bad health and bad school grades. It is every important that we as a sociality prevent this from happening by observing the games they play and assuring that it is safe before it is too late.
Although there are an increase learning skills playing video games, violent video games should be prohibited to minors because it changes an individual behavior, physical, and brain. Children and adolescents that play violent video games undergo through aggressive behavior. The violent activity in the video games influence