Violence
NEGATIVE EFFECTS
The biggest ongoing discussion about video games
is whether or not violent video games produce violent
behavior in children who play them.
A study done by Children Now in 2001 found that
the content among the Top-10 best-selling video
games:
89% contained some form of violence, half of which
resulted in damage to a character
79% of E-rated games contained some form of violence
· lacked gender and ethnic diversity
Violent video games can:
· Lead to antisocial behavior in children
· Lead to poor academic performance
· Lead to delinquency
NEGATIVE EFFECTS
The biggest ongoing discussion about video games
is whether or not violent video games produce violent
behavior in children who play them.
A study done by Children Now in 2001 found that
the content among the Top-10 best-selling video
games:
89% contained some form of violence, half of which
resulted in damage to a character
79% of E-rated games contained some form of violence
· lacked gender and ethnic diversity
Violent video games can:
· Lead to antisocial behavior in children
· Lead to poor academic performance
· Lead to delinquency
· Reinforce racist or sexist stereotypes
· Desensitize children to violent acts
· Teach children that using violence is an
appropriate way to solve problems
· Allow players to become emotionally
involved with their character and take
joy in violence
· Allow players to commit violent acts
· Allow players to receive constant and
immediate reinforcement for aggressive
performance, either visual or auditory
stimulation
· Act as a training ground to learn aggressive
behavior
Video games play on the user’s emotions. Scientists are worried...
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