The Digital World of Video Games and Violence

Smoking, Drinking, Pornography are just among some of the things that people have decided are immoral for children to take part in. However, a child making a character in a video game ruthlessly rape, beat, and kill another character has been deemed acceptable as long as said child is of a certain age. Video games are prominent in everyday life. Children as young as two are starting off playing basic video games to learn their ABC’s and 123’s. The problem is as children get older they are influenced by the video games they play and most of the video games in today’s society are violent and gory.

The violence in video games makes children and young teens aggressive and they become desensitized to violence. Games that depict killing, dismembering, maiming, or sexually assaulting a human being are too explicit for these young minds and they should not be exposed to that. A lot of school shootings caused by teens and most of them were because of them playing violent video games and learning from them. There are many statistics and studies that video games really are. Behaviors and attitudes have also changed in the ones who play certain violent video games.

Scope The purpose of this report is to know both the good and bad influences of video games on children’s behavior and mind. Parents aren’t aware of what video games may led their children to, thus an informative report was required to give insights about this important topic. Methodology This research was conducted u... ... middle of paper ... ...ain and the health. In fact, violence video games influence children’s behavior badly, thus the child led to be aggressive. Many parents suffer from video games, due to the influences of it on their children.

Violent video games are being exposed to children in this generation more than ever. It causes children to believe that what they see is okay to do. Conflict theory is mostly involved with this article due to the fact that video games can expose children to become something that they are not and also causing problems with others around them. Symbolic interactionism also does play a role in this article as well, linking back to the columbine situation the mass shooters created hatred towards their classmates causing them not to interact

Video games have conjointly taken the eye of the general public, notably by the controversies concerning person shooter games (Anderson, Gentile & Buckley, 2007). Various studies have shown that violent content in video games desensitizes players, particularly youngsters, to the real-world violence. once players become desensitized, they have a tendency to extend their aggression and reduce their sympathy. alternative researchers have indicated that taking part in video games among youngsters doesn't cause vital aggressive behavior since the magnitude of the result within the meta-analysis could also be associate degree outcome of publication bias. Despite pressure from society, several video games contain a substantial quantity of violence.

“We are no longer worried that children are missing school because of video games, though. We are worried that they are murdering their classmates because of video games.”-(Tom Bissell). Video games are teaching kids about violence and other things. Many video games teach kids how to kill other people even if it is animated especially in "M" rated games. Video games are bad for little children.

how violent video games affect teenagers has always been a contetious topic for parents and adults. many believe violent video games are good for you though studies prove they are wrong. Violent video games negatively affect a teen’s brain devolopment, personalities trait, and is also a bad role model for teens. violent video games like the new GTA 5 has cursing, guns, grand theft auto, and nudity which can impinge a teen’s decisions on right and wrong. this will lead into a teen having bad behavior.

d. This will cause the other child to lash out and comment back. e. Many children and adolescents who become addicted to video games all so become socially awkward, not only with other children but with their own family. f. Some adolescents that are addicted to playing video games become hard to talk too. III. Videos games affect not only behavior but school and school work.

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. “People who play a violent video game forthree consecutive day show increases in aggressive behavior and hostile expectations each day they play”(Alex Levin). Also, movies and shows can create bad behavior and aggression to people because there can be violent things and the people can react to it and maybe want to do the things that are shown on the show or movie. “Violent movies, video... ... middle of paper ... ...college students as well. In conclusion, violent video games are bad and not healthy for people to play because it can cause aggression and bad behavior.

Violent Video Games Did you know that video games aren’t just fun and games anymore? It may be influencing your child to hurt others. Video games are very enjoyable, but they are also very dangerous and unhealthy for children. More than 90% of children and adolescents play video games, the majority of those games contain violent content. However, this does not mean all types of video games are bad and that children will only develop bad habits from playing the video games.