The Argument of Video Game Violence
The video game world is a double-edged sword. On one side there are plenty of games made with the purpose of education, they help teach, motivate, and help others to learn practical skills in everyday life. The other side is hazardous, grisly and can contribute to early aged crime and outbreaks of violence. Craig A. Anderson often likes to make the comparison of video game violence to smoking. Though some smoking studies do not have a direct link to cancer other key elements are provided that can prove that smoking does lead to cancer. The same goes for video games, they lead a future trail of desensitization and corruption to the brain in a young mind. “The 14-year-old boy arguing that he has played violent video games for years and has not ever killed anybody is absolutely correct in rejecting the extreme "necessary and sufficient" position, as is the 45-year-old two-pack-a-day cigarette smoker who notes that he still does not have lung cancer. But both are wrong in inferring that their exposure to their respective risk factors (violent media, cigarettes) has not causally increased the likelihood that they and people around them will one day suffer the consequences of that risky behavior.” - Craig A.Anderson There is an underestimate of the problem. Allowing the sales of increasingly violent video games to young minds will in fact lead to many problems in the future since video games are now such a huge part of out culture in this generation. |
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Published ResearchAnderson and published a book in 2007 with co-authors Doug Gentile and Katherine Buckley. Many of Anderson's critics say that he overstates his results and fails to adequately acknowledge alternate views or limitations of the data on media violence. The U.S. Supreme Court has, on many occasions criticized Anderson's Studies. Saying they "have been rejected by every court to consider them", "do not prove that violent video games cause minors to act aggressively", and "suffer from significant, admitted flaws in methodology".
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