Media Violence Teens in the Crosshairs
Open Season on Video Games: Teens in the Cross Hairs Video game violence has been an increasingly heated topic with the creation of next generation video game and consoles. Violence is and ever-increasing phenomenon with no apparent source to blame. When a gruesome senseless act of violence takes place, people take a step back and look for reasons as to why this person did this. ... Video game violence has caused an all new uproar of concerned and ridiculous accusations, and although these people have yet to provide a concrete fact that violence in games contributes to violence in real life, they keep up there raving. ... Video game violence is not a one sided argument by any means. Those who support the position that media violence affects our teens have a strong and valid argument as well. ... With the ability to enter a realm of murder and crime, teens are able to take on the roles of their icons and favorite movie stars. ... teens who maintain a normal life realize that once they turn off the game its back to the real world, a world that has laws and where people have real emotions, which is unlike the fantasy world of video games. ... A game is made for fun and relaxatoin, not to program teens into killing machines. ... If video games are to blame for increased teen violence then why are teens who regularly play sports games not elite atheletes? ... If children are to blame for increased aggression and violence as a result of video games, then how are these teens getting their video games? ... If these teens are unable to purchase thses games, then how is it that they are getting them? ... "In a study released last Thursday, the media watchdog National Institute on Media and the Family found that while more than half the parents surveyed thought video games had a negative effect on their children, only two in five actually used the established rating system more than occasionally in making purchase decisions" (Lemos para. ... Research is all one ever hears in a battle between opposing forces in the topic of media violence. There are mounting statistics and research done all with results pointing to media violence as the culprit. ... Out "of the 34,000 shooting murders that occur each year, virtually none of them can be linked to any kind of media" (Doll para. ... media violence apparently plays no role at all in the causing of late-onset violence" (Rolston para. ... Every statistic and research done on media violence will have a contradictory counter statistic and research done on it as well.