The specific argument that I chose to address with this blog
is the one concerning the impact violent video games are having on our kids. I researched
the topic and I found a published article CBS broadcasting concerning violent
video games turning our children violent. The article, Ryan Jaslow, Violent
video games make kids aggressive, study suggests, CBSNews, http://www.cbsnews.com/news/violent-video-games-make-kids-aggressive-study-suggests,
had some interesting point and was endorsed by a station that I have watched my
entire life. The first and basically only thing they had to say was that
concerning a study in which seventy young adults were asked to play video games
for twenty five minutes a day. Half of the group would pay violent games while
the other half would play none violent video games. After the two groups would
play their video game, they were subjected to neutral pictures and those containing
violent images. The study showed that the children that played the more violent
games showed less brain activity when shown the violent pictures which showed
they were desensitized to a point. Any other studies trying to show any correlation
between games and aggressive behavior or violent crimes never yield any viable
results. This is precisely what I thought and that is if you look at violent
images all day then you will not be shocked to see more as well as the fact
that people can understand the difference between fantasy worlds and the real
world and that different rules apply to both. If they do not then they had serious
mental health problem to begin with.
I personally think small children shouldn't be exposed to violent video games. Very young children sort of know the difference between right and wrong but they don't fully understand that until they are much older. Now I agree that older children and adults who hurt other people aren't hurting those people because of a video game. These individuals more than likely had other contributing factors such as a mental health issue or issues in their everyday home life.
ReplyDeleteI also think that children should have very little exposure to violent video games. They really need to understand what it is morally right and wrong before they are exposed to cursing and guns and car theft.
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