The Pros and Cons of Games. Are Video Games Good for You? Since a long time, video games have been blamed for a lot of things.
Right from contributing to childhood obesity to making kids (people) aggressive, much has been talked about the harmful effects. However, new research reveals that some games might actually be good for your health. It may not sound right for most of you, but many savvy players can agree with it. But how can that be possible when all kids (of all ages) do is sit in front of their television and/or computer and play violent games. Then how can research prove it otherwise? Effects on Eyes Action and adventure games can, in fact, enhance vision and also help cure Amblyopia, commonly known as "lazy eye". www.howstuffworks.com/tech-myths/5-myths-about-video-games.htm. 6 Reasons Violent Video Games Are Bad for Young Brains. Photo: Laura St.
John / Discovery Kids Puterbugs As my little jedi knights have a Star Wars lightsaber war behind me as I start to write this, I get worried thinking about the day that their real-life fascination for shooting and blasting things will meet their virtual counterpart: violent video games. As co-creator of an online educational game series for kids that goes up to age eight, I've become really comfortable in my innocent world of clean, ad-free, safe characters. But now my soon-to-be eight year old is at the cusp -- and he knows other kids his age whose parents let them play anything -- so I dug a little deeper to find out what these violent video games could be doing to our kids, without so many of us even knowing it. The Dirt. www.howstuffworks.com/violence-desensitize.htm. Media can have a real emotional impact on us.
If they didn't, we wouldn't have entertainment in the first place -- anything you put in front of us would be greeted with waves of indifference. Instead, we cry at sad movies, laugh at outrageous comedies and pump our fist whenever Bruce Willis makes something explode. Controversy on Video Game Violence" Studies on Video Game Violence" Video games and killers have been connected in the media since the 1990s.
In 1997, 16-year-old Evan Ramsey brought a shotgun to his Alaska high school and shot four people, killing two. He played a lot of the sci-fi horror game "Doom," in which you have to shoot a character many times before he dies. Ramsey later explained he was surprised to find that rule did not apply in real life [source: Jaccarino]. Also in 1997, a 14-year-old killed multiple people at his high school in Paducah, Ky.
He'd played a lot of "Doom," too, along with the fight-to-the-death game "Mortal Kombat," two favorites of the Columbine teens, as well [source:Jaccarino]. An even more direct case happened in 2006. In many ways, it's the same argument we've heard for decades about violence on TV, and science has come to a general consensus that under certain conditions, TV does have some effect on kids' behavior. What do violent video games teach children? The amount of violence depicted in video games is representative of the amount of violence experienced in the real world.
Children could begin to believe that the world is a cold and hostile place, which may cause them to be fearful of interacting with others. The American Psychological Association says that playing violent games correlates to children being less caring and helpful toward their peers. Children may learn that the best way to solve conflict is through aggression and that there are no consequences to their aggressive behaviors. Children and Video Games: Playing with Violence. No. 91; March 2011Click here to download and print a PDF version of this document.
Video gaming (playing video games) has become a popular activity for people of all ages. Many children and adolescents spend large amounts of time playing them. Video gaming is a multibillion-dollar industry bringing in more money than movies and DVDs. Most Violent Video Games. Violence and Video Games. Today on Amazon.com, one of the most popular video games being sold is titled "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
" In this game, players can take on the role of either a U.S. or British soldier who is sent to military "hot spots" to defeat the world's most dangerous enemies. Like other games in its genre, the images are near lifelike and the violence is graphic. 12 Horrifyingly Violent Video Games Pictures - Introduction. Are Violent Video Games Turning Kids Into Killers? • Sandy Hook, Navy Yard shooters were “hooked” on murderous games • U.S. military using similar games to train soldiers for frontline combat By Keith Johnson Are violent video games turning our children into cold-blooded killers?
In the aftermath of many mass shootings, the suspected perpetrators are often found to have spent countless hours behind the controls of first-person shooting games that simulate real-life combat situations. Take the case of Aaron Alexis, the 34-year-old naval contractor who allegedly gunned down 13 people last month at the Navy Yard in Washington D.C. “He played all the time. In Norway, confessed mass murderer Anders Breivik testified in court that he used a virtual “holographic aiming device” from the computer game “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare” to hone his marksmanship skills before embarking on the July 2011 massacre that claimed 77 innocent lives. According to Grossman, the U.S. www.howstuffworks.com/video-game-violence.htm. Blame the video games: New study indicates violent games affect self-control. If your teen likes to play video games, they are one of millions.
But a new study indicates their choice of games could have serious effects on their self-control. Violent video games like Grand Theft Auto, Killzone and Injustice, though popular this holiday season, could be particularly harmful for developing brains. The study, published in Social Psychological and Personality Science, analyzed 172 Italian high school students between the ages of 13 and 19. The teens took part in a series of experiments to determine how such games might affect their personalities. The results were pretty remarkable. More likely to eat In one experiment, teens were separated into two groups: those who played Grand Theft Auto (a violent game) and those who played a non-violent game like Pinball 3D or MiniGolf 3D.
Video games good for kids, says new Israeli study. Video games are actually good for children, a new Israeli study has found, much to the dismay of (most) parents who automatically think of the violence inherent in games like Grand Theft Auto, Halo and Call of Duty.
Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign up! The research, done by The Center for Educational Technology, asserts that video games — even violent ones — are beneficial for children on a scale much bigger than originally thought. The claims are in contradiction to other studies that found that extended gaming led to depression, anxiety and stunted social development, not to mention the physical effects brought on by long hours of sitting.
What is the link between violent video games and aggression? What we actually know about the effects of violent video games on behaviour isn't as clear-cut as many think. Photograph: Tim Hawley/Getty Images What effect do violent media have on our behaviour? It's not a new question – in the 1950s, psychiatrist Fredric Wertham wrote a book called "Seduction of the Innocent", which claimed that comic books were unnecessarily exposing children to violence and causing them to become delinquent.
Although Wertham's methods and claims have since been called into question, similar concerns about the links between violent media and violent behaviour have been raised about television and, most recently, video games. This week has been no exception. Studies on Video Game Violence" Violent Video Games May Curb Bullying In Vulnerable Children, Study Suggests. Do violent video games trigger real-world violence? It's easy to believe that they might, especially in the wake of recent tragedies like the fatal shooting of an elderly woman allegedly by an 8-year-old who had been playing "Grand Theft Auto. " But despite decades of research into the possibility that the mayhem depicted in "Grand Theft Auto," "Mortal Kombat," and similar games is turning our kids into merciless killers, scientists have yet to find a smoking gun.
At least they haven't been able to agree which way the gun is pointing. The research has yielded conflicting results, with some studies showing a link between the games and real-world violence and others showing no such link, Mother Jones reported in June. But not everyone is convinced. Children and Video Games: Playing with Violence. Researcher Says Linking Video Games to Gun Violence Is a ‘Classic Illusory Correlation’ Wouldn’t it be easy if everything people thought was true was true? Aliens — they live among us! If you don’t forward that chain letter to 10 people — you’re dead!
If you say Candyman three times into a mirror — also dead! If you play games where you shoot people — you’re going to really want to shoot people! Everything nice and neat and tied off with a bow. Reality’s harder. Video game research is in its infancy. All that ambiguity didn’t stop the American Psychological Association from issuing a pretty strong (and consequently controversial) statement in 2005 advocating, among other things, for “the reduction of all violence in videogames and interactive media marketed to children and youth.” “Research shows there is not consistent evidence to support this statement,” Ferguson told Stetson University Today.
That didn’t stop the media from misleadingly linking video games to the Navy Yard Washington D.C. shooter. Claims that 'video games lead to violence' lead to violence. Video Games ProCon.org. Do violent video games contribute to youth violence? - Video Games - ProCon.org. Video Games ProCon.org. 22 Charts & Graphs on Video Games & Youth Violence - Video Games - ProCon.org.