DO VIDEO GAMES CAUSE AGGRESSION TO CHILDREN?

Do video games cause aggression to children?

Do video games cause aggression to children?

Introduction

The advent of technology and the recent revolution in the world of video gaming has changed the way children and adults perceive and play video games. Today, the advancement in graphics and animation has enabled game developers to develop their graphical content close to reality. Keeping in view this fact, no wonder that game violence level has also reached alarming levels. The drastic changes have raised concern and interest among numerous researchers. While virtual violence is considered nondestructive and harmless to a majority of people, others believe that video game violence has been the cause for shootings and other crimes in the world. Video games originally meant to be a past time; games were designed to be fun and intriguing. Today, even the military markets games originally designed to train soldiers before entering the battlefield. Violence in video games has not been the focus of most research. Instead, scientists and researchers are focusing on the motives and influences used in video games to justify violence. As video games become more brutal and realistic, more vital research continues to be conducted to determine if video game violence has an effect on the human mind, especially in children, who are the majority of video game players. The research conducted edifies previous research in evaluating the effects of violent video games and how children respond to them.

This argumentative essay is in favor of the hypothesis that video games cause aggression to children of various ages.

Discussion & Analysis

The advent of technology has become an appealing factor for the development of realism and violent based video games around the world. Today, gamers enjoy the feeling of killing enemies with precise, visual details and unparalleled realism. Video game sales ...