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Violent Video Games Negatively Impact the People's Behavior

Introduction

Video games are one of the three leading causes of family violence, along with television and economic problems. The image of video games within the public eye has changed a great deal over the nearly 40 years that video games have existed. What began as little more than a science experiment with the creation of the Odyssey game system and a two-colored game called Pong has changed into a bustling industry with games that are, at times, so graphically advanced that it can be difficult to tell the difference between the game image and a real photograph.

Discussion

As video games have become increasingly popular, scientific interest in the effects video games have on children and high school students have also increased. Attention has been given to how video games affect aggression and even decision making. Alternatively, misuse of the video game can potentially lead to dependence upon the game for social interaction, sleep deprivation, and even a decrease in academic performance (Vessey & Joanne, pp. 608). With the internet becoming more widely used and accepted, the video game has increasingly become a social too.

As the internet and video games have become increasingly present in the lives of children and adolescents, many questions have been raised in relation to how these mediums have impacted the development of adolescents. Academically speaking, some research has shown that video game play may be associated with a decrease in students' grade point average (GPA). Interestingly, it was not prior exposure to violent video games specifically that resulted in the decrease but long-term exposure to all video games in general. Anderson and Dill also mention that they were unable to find a definitive answer as to whether or not video games have a negative effect on academic ...