ENG101 MOD 4 CASE

Regulating Violent Video Games

Today the progress of humanity has reached incredible heights . We start utilizing the fruits of progress before we can understand whether they are bringing us good or evil . The preceding generations were not sure whether such innovation as personal computer is useful or needed at all but what should I say when I see my own children spending hours in front of the blue screen and playing endless video games ? I have never considered these games harmless , but what I see today is really frightening . These games are

overloaded with violence and aggression and each day children can see dead bodies and rivers of blood . Should government interfere and regulate production and distribution of such games

Today it becomes clear that aggression in games makes kids more aggressive in life . According to the research , conducted by Craig A Anderson , Professor of psychology , children , who played a lot of video games , containing scenes of violence , became more physically aggressive in life . The effect of playing violent video games was also strong on older youth

Violent games are especially dangerous for small kids , who cannot differentiate between fiction and real life . Playing violent video games makes them think that the best way of solving any problem is aggressive behavior , they even tend to imitate the heroes of their favorite games Craig Anderson states , The effects are that exposure to violent video games increases the likelihood of aggressive behavior in both short-term and long-term contexts . Such exposure also increases...