More than 90% of films, TV shows, and video games involve mature content that always includes violent. A child watching a movie and in it, a man wronged by another takes up a firearm and kills his oppressor learns one thing; if a person wrongs you, you to take care of the situation. Statistical data from a research conducted by Alice Park indicate that approximately 90% of the children in the United States of America play games. The research implies that implies most of the children are subjected to mature content through video games in the United States. The paper argues that the violent films, TV shows and video games cause children to be violent towards others.
A meta-analysis conducted by Ms. Paik and Mr. Comstock that looked at the correlation between the way people view media that is violent and children aggressive behavior. The research found that about 200 research studies indicated that there was a moderate, positive relationship between taking part in watching violent TV shows and physical aggression against other people. Another research study was aimed at researching the consumption of violent media and the effects it causes to the behavior in a lifetime of a person. In a 42 research study meta-analysis involving about 5,000 participants, Brad J. Bushman and Craig A. Anderson found that there was a significant relationship between watching violence in movies/films and playing violent games and acts of aggression later in life. It is clear as the research conducted by Lindsay A. Robertson, Robert J. Hancox, and Helena M. McAnally that watching a lot of TV shows as an adolescent or child whereby most of it contains violence causes antisocial behavior in the young adult stage.
A research involving 3,034 boys and girls in Singapore aimed at understanding the video games habit of these children in a period of two years yielded a variety of results. The researchers gave children questionnaires designed basically to measure aggressiveness in their behavior and the attitude they have developed towards violence. The score of students on aggressive behavior and hostile fantasies and behavior about others decreased slightly across the research study. The reason behind this is because previous research studies have indicated that children start acting less aggressively when they grow older and understand that there are alternative ways of dealing with conflicts. A closer look at children that play violent games for a lot of hours revealed that aggressiveness in their behavior and violent tendencies increased drastically.
Those children that played violent games for fewer hours depicted lesser aggressive behaviors. Children who played violent video games for a long time were more likely to conquer actively aggressively against their peers. These children also had a higher score on hostility measures, answering that it was okay to respond aggressively when they are provoked, even in an accident. Those who play video games for a long time also had a higher likelihood of fantasizing about aggressive behavior.
In an interview conducted by Park, Anderson claimed that “What this study does is show that it’s media violence exposure that is teaching children and adolescents to see the world in a more aggressive kind of way.” The evidence shows long-term and repeated video games and violent films to children increase their aggression through an impact on their thinking. Research on brain imaging indicates that violent TV shows, films and gaming is likely to temporarily change children’s brain. In a research study carried out in the year 2011, after a week of children gaming on a daily basis, brain scans showed lower activity in the brain regions tasked with inhibiting impulses, controlling emotion and attention (Gentile et al. 450).
The effects that this violent gaming had on the children’s brain were reversible, however, according to the results, if children were to play violent video games for an extended period, it could lead to brain changes that are more stable (Wang et al.).
It is clearly evident that there is a direct link between music, films, television and video games. There is a positive relation i.e. children who watch violent videos, television and music and play violent games develop aggressive behavior.
Works Cited
Gentile, Douglas A., et al. "Mediators and moderators of long-term effects of violent video games on aggressive behavior: Practice, thinking, and action." JAMA pediatrics 168.5 (2014): 450-457.
Park Alice, Little By Little, Violent Video Games Make Us More Aggressive, Time Health, March 24, 2014 Link: http://time.com/34075/how-violent-video-games-change-kids-attitudes-about-aggression/
Pozios, K, Vasilis, Kambam, R Praveen " Bender, H, Eric, Gray Matter, Does Media Violence Lead to the Real Thing? Aug. 23, 2013, Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/opinion/sunday/does-media-violence-lead-to-the-real-thing.html
Toppo, Greg, Do Video Games Inspire Violent Behavior? July 1, 2015. Link: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-video-games-inspire-violent-behavior/
Wang, Y., et al. "Violent Video Games Alter Brain Function in Young Men." Radiological Society of North America. 2011. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111130095251.htm
