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=Violent Video Games and their Audience =

"The implicit connection between violent media and violent behavior is so old that, like a barnacle clinging to a hull, it's not easily dislodged."- Toppo, Greg. "How Violent Video Games Really Affect Kids."

Many studies have shown that games are not causing players to be violent, but are making them less so. These studies state that players are too busy playing games at home there's no chance for them to actually be thinking about going out side to do some grand theft auto type actions or randomly shoot people.
 * Violence in Video Games**

 Parents should not be worried. Recent games promote story lines. Story lines give players justification for what they are doing in their games and for the violence in the games, for example, killing aliens to defend Earth. Story lines may also promote life lessons for children, teaching them the right things to do like fighting for what they believe in. Over all, games should not be considered a way of promoting violence, but if developed right, should be used as a very useful tool for learning.



There has been a long going discussion on whether or not the media is a reflection or a predictor of real world behaviors. A study conducted in 2013 by the Entertainment Software Administration (Furgeson 2015, E10) compared the violence in video games available to children ages 12-17 versus government reported violence in the youth of the same age range. The results showed a substantial rise in video game violence but an equally opposing drop in real life violence. Similar studies I read that focus on media as causation for real world violence seem to show similar results and remain unable to draw a connection between a rise in media violence and an increase in real-world, or societal violence.
 * Research Studies **

 Rather than focusing too much on violent behaviors caused by gaming, people should really more concerned about the non-violent side of gaming. Something that has a grater impact on gamers is addiction. This can cause several severe symptoms, the most extreme being death.
 * Video Game Addiction**

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 Lastly, video games have quite a number of positive effect on players who don't abuse them.

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References
AsapSCIENCE. "Can Video Games Make You Smarter?" YouTube. YouTube, 19 Jan. 2014. Web. 28 Apr. 2016.

CNN. "Expert: Video Games Don't Trigger Violence." YouTube. YouTube, 18 Sept. 2013. Web. 27 Apr. 2016.

Gaudiosi, John. "How Video Games Will Look in 2021 - IGN." IGN. 23 Aug. 2011. Web. 27 Apr. 2016.

Ordis, Mike. "Give Your Games To Old People Because Science." Noobgrind. 39 Mar. 2016. Web. 27 Apr. 2016.

Ferguson, Christopher J. “Does Media Violence Predict Societal Violence?”: It depends on what you look at and when” Journal of Communication 65.1 (Feb2015): pE1-E22. Article.


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