This week instead of being braud I thought I could narrow my research down and see how violent video games affect children. Here are a few things I pulled from the article at http://www.drphil.com/articles/article/297 :
“According the American Psychological Association, violent video games can increase children's aggression. “ Dr. Phil explains, "The number one negative effect is they tend to inappropriately resolve anxiety by externalizing it. So when kids have anxiety, which they do, instead of soothing themselves, calming themselves, talking about it, expressing it to someone, or even expressing it emotionally by crying, they tend to externalize it. They can attack something, they can kick a wall, they can be mean to a dog or a pet."
“Dr. Phil also points out that violent video games don't teach kids moral consequences.” "If you shoot somebody in one of these games, you don't go to jail, you don't get penalized in some way — you get extra points!"
The article also says that since teenagers brains are going thru growth spurts making it easier for them to affect them.
I also found another article at: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/12/17/do-video-games-make-kids-violent/ here are a few things I pulled from this article:
“Though studies on the issue are abundant, none have been successful at directly correlating video game violence and real-world violence in children.”“If we are serious about reducing these types of violence in our society, video game violence or other media violence issues are clearly the wrong direction to focus on,” Ferguson told ABC News. “Video game use is just not a common factor among mass homicide perpetrators. Some have been players, others have not been.”
I think both of these articles have different viewpoints but make good arguments.
“According the American Psychological Association, violent video games can increase children's aggression. “ Dr. Phil explains, "The number one negative effect is they tend to inappropriately resolve anxiety by externalizing it. So when kids have anxiety, which they do, instead of soothing themselves, calming themselves, talking about it, expressing it to someone, or even expressing it emotionally by crying, they tend to externalize it. They can attack something, they can kick a wall, they can be mean to a dog or a pet."
“Dr. Phil also points out that violent video games don't teach kids moral consequences.” "If you shoot somebody in one of these games, you don't go to jail, you don't get penalized in some way — you get extra points!"
The article also says that since teenagers brains are going thru growth spurts making it easier for them to affect them.
I also found another article at: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/12/17/do-video-games-make-kids-violent/ here are a few things I pulled from this article:
“Though studies on the issue are abundant, none have been successful at directly correlating video game violence and real-world violence in children.”“If we are serious about reducing these types of violence in our society, video game violence or other media violence issues are clearly the wrong direction to focus on,” Ferguson told ABC News. “Video game use is just not a common factor among mass homicide perpetrators. Some have been players, others have not been.”
I think both of these articles have different viewpoints but make good arguments.