Banning Violent Video Games

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The paper discusses the trend of children playing violent video games and looks at studies that prove how the aggression impacts their mental, behavioral and emotional development. The paper reveals the limitations of measures that have been implemented in order to control the influences of video games. The paper contends that our society, including the government and parents, has failed miserably in protecting our children from these harmful stimuli. The paper therefore calls for violent video games to be completely banned for children.

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"The video game industry has become a major source of entertainment for children and adolescents worldwide. As a consequence, children and adolescents have been spending a significant amount of time playing violent video games. The average American child spends more than 5 hours a day consuming screen media; almost as much as the time spent in school (Carnegy, Anderson & Bartholow, 2007). This includes television, films and playing video games. The average amount of time spent playing video games has nearly doubled from 26 minutes to 49 minutes per day in the past 5 years."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Carnagey, N.L., Anderson, C.A. & Bartholow, B.D. (2007). "Media violence and social neuroscience: new questions and new opportunities." Association for Psychological Science, 16(4): 178-181.
• Cummings, H.M. & Vandewater, E.A. (2007). "Relation of adolescent video game play to time spent in other activities." Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 161(7): 684-689.
• Haninger, K. & Thompson, K.M. (2004). "Content and ratings of teen-rated video games." JAMA, 291(7): 856-865.
• Thompson, K.M., Tepichin, K. & Haninger, K. (2006). "Content and ratings of mature-rated video games." Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 160: 402-410.

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