Video game violence on our youth. English Paper

I know this is kind of a strange request, but I need some feedback on my topic for my English course. My instructor said that we need ten opinions on the topics we use. She said that we can use forums to get some of these opinions. She allowed us to choose any topic that we were interested in and being interested in video games I of course chose a video game topic. So my topic goes as follows:

Does violence in video games, television, or movies greatly influence our youth?

Now all I need from anyone is just an opinion. It doesn't have to be long. All I need is your opinion on that topic stated above. I don't need your name or anything like that. Any help would be hugely appreciated, because the faster I finish this the quicker I can go back to playing more FarCry . Anyway, thanks in advance to anyone who actually takes time to respond to this awkward post.

Pure. BS.

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I've seen several studies that actually say playing violent video games is healthy (don't have any links handy, sorry ). The theory behind this is that video games gives people an escape from reality to sort of vent. Also a few of the studies I have seen, also say that kids, even young ones, understand the difference between real life and video games.

I don't know who started this "rumour" about video games causing violence, but they obvisuly didn't do any "real" research first.


Of course this is a tech site, so I wouldn't expect to really get any views for the other side.

I personally think FarCry needs more blood! (Joking!, )


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People who look to blame either their or their relatives shortcomings on video games are just burying their heads in the sand. The truth is, to commit murder or whatever requires the person to be one serious fuckhead in the first place. Sitting in front of a PS2 and then thinking "Hmm, I'll go outside now and do someone in because I've just seen it in a video game" makes the person one sick mofo.

Look at all the controversy regarding the game "Manhunt" in Britain. The murderer's parents balme a video game. Not themselves, og no, they're infallable. Truth is, he was one sick bastard in the first place.

Interesting debate though, should make good reading when you're done.

Linky for the story about Manhunt: <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3936237.stm" target="_new">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3936237.stm</A>

I can, somewhat, see movie or TV violence having an impact. But only because in movies/TV you have the possibility of "creating" hero's. Think of John Wayne for older generations. People generally try to emulate "hero's".

My "hero emulation" theory doesn't hold for pc games though. There aren't any hero's in pc games. It's just you playing a character, usually on some kind mission. There is no "personalty" to emulate/imitate. I see no plausible possibilty of any relationship between pc games and "real world" violence.

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I don't agree with your "Hero emulation" theory. Only people who are seriously sick will try to emulate "Vincent Vega" of Pulp Fiction in real life.

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Great opinions from everyone. Thanks to everyone who participated!

Ksoth is correct about At-Risk students... most do not have access to PC video games, for modern computers are not in their homes... but the negative impact violence has on out culture is ever present... this is a biased forum, and most of us here will rationalize away the negative affects of video games on our youth (and I cringe because my 3 ½ year old daughter loaded up my current saved game in Halo this very night and was blasting away Covenant forces)... but just as PCs more powerful than Dells with onboard video are rare, the proliferation of game consoles in our society cannot be stopped, and the family that does not have at least an old Play Station or N64 is rare, let alone a new PS2, XBox, or Game Cube. I will never forget watching my brother-in-law playing a console version of 007 a few years back, walking up behind a guy and blowing his brains out, point blank. Are we to believe such games do not desensitize those playing and watching them? The counter argument, of course, is that because of violence in our media and day-to-day life in the form of news, television, music, movies, etc., our youth are already desensitized long before they create blood spots just for fun. Violence is a problem; however, video games are only a small part of it. Capitalism is a force that cannot be stopped, and violence sells almost as well as sex. We cannot change the media, but we can change ourselves. We can be better parents. When we are with them at least, we can monitor what they watch and what they play. We can close down Doom3 until they have gone to bed. And with a little luck, our children will be appalled when they watch 007 or Jack Carver execute a mercenary at close range, in high resolution, and with AA and AF cranked up, not bored… but that takes a lot of work, and we are tired and lazy, and so most of us will likely continue to be bad parents and help perpetuate the negative effect violence has on our youth today…

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Violence in media is only a single factor in how youth is impacted. More important is the total amount of time, how early in life watching begins along with viewing isolation that may have the greatest negative impact. Read 'Amusing Ourselves to Death'and/or 'Technopoly' by Neil Postman. His views arew somewhat controversial but I see a lot of truth in his arguments

Complete and utter bulls**t. I don't think anyone is here to make that claim, they're no more violent that world war 2 so who the hell thinks they're too violent? (mentally ill people might think that)

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as with anything that takes up 5+ hours of any kids day is going to influence them. i dont believe its a bad influence though. there are good effects from a lot of violent games too, take gta for example. i read a study that showed that kids who played the game did much better on their real life driving tests than kids that didnt play the game. the reason is playing that game you are driving and you have to be aware of the location of other cars and the location of natural obsticals or police officers lol all while keeping the car on the road. it also makes you predict what another car might do. even though it isnt good ai in any sense the irrational movements of the game make it a good trainer for driving. although there can be negative side effects. i played some driving game by microsoft for a long time, it was fun cause it was the first game i had seen that had good car wreck physics, i didnt really play the game i would just go as fast as i could and hit another car. if i played for a long time i would be out driving and in my mind for a split second i would visualise what would happen if i hit a car in front of me. this is all in the blink of an eye, dont think im out there studying how to make the biggest accident i can with everyday cars or anything, but in a panic mode it is possible for those split second tendancies to affect your judgement. but the circumstances have to be just right so its not really even worth the hubub about this game violence crap.

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video games in general and tv is educating people believe it or not thats why whole america is filled with murderers mass murderers etc

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I believe that violence has an impact on young kids. The problem I think that all the cartoons are more and more violent. All the japanese anime are about fighting and they make it attractive to young people.

But if the parents make sure they teach the right values to their child than, any tv show or game wouldn't affect the child as much.

Basically, I say it is all in the hands of the parents.

In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies

It IS easy... for those that care enough to take the time to learn how to do it. Computers are increasingly a part of everyone's lives. If you're going to bring one into your home with your children; then you damn well should take the time to educate yourself on how to protect your children.

Making everything 'easy' is what makes Windows so damned bloated to begin with.

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The real problem is even more deep than just violence in games or in TV. You cannot control what your children will see or learn once they start going to school. Other kids, whose parents don`t care, will talk with your kids and show than what you prevented your kids from seeing at home.

I'm saying that if the parents teach they kids the right moral values right from the start, then there would be a lot less problems with games and violence. I'm not saying it would solve all of it, but it would help more than just controlling the contents.

In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies

I think that mass media deserves a fair share of the blame. It seems that profits are more important than any kind of social responsibility. Take cable TV for example. If you haven't already seen it check this out:

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