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Video Games and Violence

Introduction

During the past thirty years , video games have been steadily increasing in popularity . It has come to dominate the civilized world in which one can find , not only children but adults , and not only the male but the female , playing video games . Such is the popularity of video games that there are many platforms that exist today in the market with a wide range of game types : from simple puzzle games to sport games , and from simple adventure games to to games that feature violence . Although video

br games has provided us not only with entertainment but with also a means of learning and technical training in fields like aeronautics and military combat and tactical operations , there has also been concerns surrounding video games , especially those that feature violence . Critics link violent video games to aggression among gamers , but has yet to prove it as a fact

Before Video Games : Violence in Television

A significant body of research has gathered over the past two decades that show that violence featured in television can have potentially harmful effects on on children . The critics claim that violence depicted on television teach children to use violence themselves , give justification for doing so , and feel less concerned for the violence its victim might suffer . Furthermore , they say that children may imitate aggressive behaviors they see on television . The arousal theory claims that violent materials , as well as television shows with sexual content can cause viewers to become emotionally aroused creating a predisposition for aggression under appropriate environmental circumstances . The researches have generated alarming result , confirming that violent television shows causes children to be aggressive in imitation of what they see . The observation that blood pressure increases after viewing aggressive content reveal the physiological basis for the arousal theory . Researches have also revealed that children rarely act less aggressively after viewing televised violence

Video Game Violence Paranoia

Results in researches concerning the effects of violence portrayed in television has caused moral panics surrounding violence depicted in video games . The potential effects of video games on aggression are similar to those of television violence . Barrie Gunter (1998 ,

. 90 enumerated some hypothesized effects of violent computer games to the society , including the heightening of perceptions of personal risk or danger in the real world , decreasing concerns for the victim of violence , weakening of social inhibitions against behaving aggressively and the adoption of imitable violent role models with whom players have interacted in these games

Social scientists believe that violent video games have an even greater impact to children and youth than what violent content in television shows cause . They specify that video games often require the player to take the point of view of the characters that video games require the active participation of the players rather than a passive observation in watching television that video games are repetitive and the effect is a behavioral rehearsal for violent activity and video games are based on reward system that motivates the players (Walsh...