Month: November 2014

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The topic I’m pursuing is the same topic I wrote about in the rhetorical analysis. The  correlation between violence in adolescents and violent video games has been reoccurring in the past year. Personally I am a gamer and this relates to me in a certain perspective. Due to the various mass shootings and growth in aggressiveness in youth (according to statistics) many mass media outlets have put the gaming industry at fault.  Thus for this assignment I want to prove that there is no relationship between the two . I see me approaching this issue in two ways, the scientific approach and political one. The most popular approach seems to be scientifically when disapproving this “theory”. Many academic journals and popular articles that disprove the theory by bringing up several experiments. The second approach would be stating the laws protecting youths against violence in video games. (Essentially what’s actually intended to help children, but not working.)As a result ,my intended audience will be parents for this assignment. The parent’s responsibility of their kids seem to be the common ground both sides can agree upon. Therefore I think it’s important for the parents to be informed. Since my intended audience are parents I will be using severally academic sources. I still consider myself a child, so parents probably wouldn’t listen to me unless I have good proof from credible sources. My main query nonetheless is why people correlate violence in youth with video games. Violence has been apparent in the movie industry several years before the gaming industry even  debuted. Many politicians have made the connection between the two topics and as a result people are greatly influenced, due to the politicians credibility. Hence a leading question would be why politicians are blaming video games? As you can see this is a topic that has a very far reach in who it impacts. Thus I will try to shed some light on this topic.

 

So far I have decided what “side I’m going to argue for in this project. Most sources seem to use experiments as their justification for their opinions, whether they think violence is related to video games or not. The academic source I am going to use mentions this factor in his journal. He mentions that many experiments have not been done properly or have not acknowledged certain aspects. As a result I will be mentioning two experiments done and their differences mostly. I might include a personal experience, but I feel that would decrease me ethos.

In, Don’t Buy Your Kids GTA For Christmas  Brad J. Bushman argues that violent videos can lead to aggression or violence itself in young adolescence. Dr. Brad J. Bushman is a Professor of Communication and Psychology in Ohio State University. Using both his own credibility and several experiment he has done, he proves his points. The timeliness of this article is very prevalent in this situation. He wrote the article in December of 2013, in which a lot of events occurred that spurred this very controversial topic. The release of Grand Theft Auto Five and several school shootings both have brought up this topic in the media. (Grand Theft Auto being a very notorious for it’s violence and the attention its attracts from the youth.)

 

In, Don’t Buy Your Kids GTA For Christmas  Brad J. Bushman argues that violent videos can lead to aggression or violence itself in young adolescence. Dr. Brad J. Bushman is a Professor of Communication and Psychology in Ohio State University. Using both his own credibility and several experiment he has done, he proves his points.  Dr Bushman proves his theories and explains his results such as, “So teens eat more and cheat more when they’re under the influence of violent video games.” (Bushman). Nevertheless he believes it is up to the parents, it being their responsibility, to decide whether their child is ready. In his opinion, it’s “every parent’s nightmare” to have their child ask them for this game.(The timeliness of this article is very prevalent in this situation. He wrote the article in December of 2013, in which a lot of events occurred that spurred this very controversial topic. The release of Grand Theft Auto Five and several school shootings both have brought up this topic in the media. (Grand Theft Auto being a very notorious for it’s violence and the attention its attracts from the youth.)

 

Bushman, Brad. “Don’t Buy Your Kids GTA For Christmas ” Huffington Post. 13 December 2013. Web. 6 November 2014

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-j-bushman/dont-buy-your-kid-grand-theft-auto-v-for-christmas_b_4440477.html