Violence in Video Games

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Violence in Video Games

• Do violent video games really cause aggressive
  behavior?

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Classic versus New Games

• Violent video games have been around since the
  early 1990s.
• These so called graphic games included Mortal
  Kombat, Street Fighter and Wolfenstein 3D.
• While today these games seem unrealistic, back
  then they created quite a controversy.

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A New Era of Realism

• Today, violent video games are incredibly
  realistic, depicting realistic violence, blood,
  gore, as well as mature sexual themes to name a
  few.
• Theses games include Gears of War, the Resident
  Evil series, and Grand Theft Auto (all of which I
  love).
• Many studies have been done to determine if
  violent games increase aggressiveness.

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Anderson and Buschman

• A study was done by Craig A. Anderson and Brad J.
  Buschman of Iowa State University.
• These two wanted to show what triggers aggression
  and specifically how video games cause aggression
  in people.
• They created a simple aggression model called GAM
  (General Aggression Model) and related it to the
  violence in games.
• Their model basically stated that there has to be
  repeated exposure to a certain violent game. The
  player is reinforced with the ideas and content
  of the game and has now learned how the virtual
  killings are achieved. After much play time,
  these ideas are reinforced in the players mind
  making him/her desensitized to them. This then
  leads the person to think that violence, like
  that in the game, is now okay.

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Kronenberger et al. experiment

• William G. Kronenberger of the Indiana University
  School of Medicine conducted an experiment.
• His experiment was to test teenagers and young
  kids with or without an aggressive disorder.
• His results showed that those kids with an
  aggressive disorder who played less violent video
  games had just as much of an increase in
  aggression as the kids without an aggressive
  disorder who played more violent games.

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Parental Discretionor the lack of

• Parental discretion plays a major part in this
  aggressive behavior.
• ESRB (Entertainment Software Ratings Board)
  created to rate games based on content.
• Kids in grades 8-12 reported that about 90 of
  their parents did not even check the ratings
  before they or their kids purchased them.
• Parents need to take control and watch what their
  kids play.

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The Positive Effects

• Are there positive effects of playing a regular
  amount of games.YOU BET!
• A study done by MSNBC showed that people who play
  a regular amount of video game, violent or
  otherwise, have increased problem solving skills
  that are applicable to daily life.
• These gamers are also more careful risk takers.
• So Mom and Dad.games are not all bad!

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Family guy clip

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vd5euCbi4SGM

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