...Argument Analysis Fear takes control of a person when place on certain circumstances that they are not ready to face. The three essays that I will analyze has their own identity of fear about something. The author of “Do We Fear the Right Things” talks about different fears that people have. On the “Bang, You’re Dead" article, the author’s argument is that the fear of what people see is what people do is not always true, and fantasy is just what it is. The third essay “Parents Need Help”, talks about how parents are the only ones responsible for their own children when it comes to violence on video gaming. The question is do the authors supported their arguments and how clearly they proved their essays. On the essay, "Do We Fear the Right Things" the author used facts, statistics and other fears in life in general to prove his argument. I think the author discussed his thesis well by using his own opinion and theories of people's fear in general. The facts and statistics that he used got my attention and made the essay an interesting one. There are really other threats that we should worry about, because no matter what we do risk will be there. He also said that it is normal for people to fear other things than fear itself. The author on the essay “Bang, You’re Dead” talked about how fantasy violence is good for a child rather than bad. He argued that children likes fantasies because they can be whatever they want to be in their own fantasy. He used publications and...
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...Article 1 Do video games cause violence, or do more aggressive youths play video games? This is the argument being discussed in this first article. Bringing forth evidence to support his statements are following studies that have yet to find ground as this topic is difficult to prove either way. The thought process being that certain violent instances in the recent past are the direct result of “Video gamers who seemed to be acting out some dark fantasy” (Carey, 2013, p.1). To support his argument, Carey discusses several studies, though most at this point are inconclusive. From statements made by research psychologists, to studies done to show the effects of violent video games and how youths exposed to the effects said they are to have on aggression levels in these youths. The possibility also exists that aggressive youths can also be a direct result of family life and the exposure to aggressive behavior. In essence these youths are acting out habitual aggression. Carey makes mention of the three categories research falls into which consist of short-term laboratory experiments; longer-term studies, and correlation studies (2013, p. 6). Discussion of how playing these violent video games and how it “stirs the blood” (Carey, 2013, p. 7) was one study conducted. The results were that the youths that played a violent video game for 15 minutes were more likely to give fellow classmates large helpings of hot sauce, knowing these classmates didn’t like hot sauce,...
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...Brainwashed and Not Understanding Gustavis Martin Liberty U APA Everyday our children are becoming more and more exposed to negativity as a result of the media and electronic devices. Most parents do not realize the danger our kids are placed in from this mass exposure. In today’s society our children can be brainwashed excessive time listening to certain music on the radio, watching certain television programs and playing some types of video games and other social media outlets by wanting to emulate what they see, read and hear. Much of this is leading to hazards to their mental and physical health. It is really an epidemic which can only be stopped by parents and other responsible adults gaining an understanding of the technology and devices our kids use, and learning what should be censored. [pic] So much of the music on the radio contains large amounts of cursing, with the lyrics requiring to be beeped out. This situation is worsened with our kids listening to these same songs on their iPods, mp3’s, Zune, etc. A majority, if not all, of the music on the devices will have cursing, derogatory sayings, and violent references that parents and other adults would not want their children to hear on a regular basis, but continue to let them do so mostly because of a lack of knowledge about how to use this technology. Though rap is not the only genre of music which frequently includes these concerns, it is a prime example. It is stated...
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...Violent Video Games Should not be Banned By Chris Taylor Com/156 Effective Persuasive Essay August 1, 2010 Violent Video Games should not be Banned Violent video games that promote violence and criminal activity should not be banned because each game is properly labeled. It is the parent’s responsibility to monitor their children on what games they play and for how long they play the games. Numerous surveys have been taken that show games can enhance certain learning abilities and not cause violence. Violent video games are meant for adults and banning these games takes away the right of freedom of expression from the adult. The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) provides concise and impartial information about the content in computer and video games so parents can make a clear informed purchase. (www.esrb.org/ratings) ESRB provides ratings for each game that is distributed. These ratings have two equal parts: Rating symbols and content descriptors. Rating symbols on the front of the package provide age limits on who should be allowed to play the game. Age appropriateness is clearly marked and those younger than that should be monitored. The rating system used is the same system that TV shows and movies use to rate their content. Content descriptors which are located on the back of the package indicate elements in a game. These descriptors are C (early childhood), E (for everyone), E 10+ (everyone 10+), T (for teens), M (mature 17+), A (adults only)...
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...Games with simulated violence have become more and more popular with teens over the past few years. The games are not just played beyond screens, but also played in real life too. At St. Ann’s High School, they play the game “Killer”, which includes water guns to kill their targets or they will be killed by other competitors. The perilous games shouldn’t be played by teens because they make the gamers go to drastic measures to win, changes behaviors, and motivates people to kill people. These violent games make the players want to win so bad that they will do whatever it takes to achieve that win. An example of this found in Shoot-Out was at the beginning of the battle. “Protell took a car to Newark Airport, found the victims before they passed through security, and dispatched them using two bathtub ‘squirt fish.’” This proves that the contestants aren’t just killing the other player...
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...Fabiola Rocha-Negrete Mr. Alkire English 1A, Sat. Class 27 October 2012 Banning Books Portraying Violence How much can a book that portrays violence affect a high school student? It can affect a student in many ways. In fact, it has more impact when a student reads a book that portrays violence than violent video games or movies. Rebecca Dawkins’s essay “Why Banning Books Isn’t Always Bad” discusses how many “concerned group of parents regularly pressure school boards to keep controversial classics out of the classroom” because of the violence and immoral values they portray for underage students. Books like “Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann (about three young women who abuse drugs to escape the pressures of show business); The Godfather by Mario Puzo (about the Italian-American mafia); and In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (about two real-life mass murderers)” are what should be kept out of high schools because those types of books for students who are exposed to the everyday dangers of drugs, gangs, and violence in schools make it seem okay in these books. Dawkins goes further on explaining how many high school teachers, including herself, agree with parents in the sense that these books are not age appropriate to be taught in a high school classroom especially in a setting where all of these issues are present everyday. I totally agree with Rebecca Dawkins that high school students would not relate to most characters in controversial books, teachers have no time...
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...Violence is a behavior involving use of physical force to hurt other people. It gives birth to emotional distress or physical pains to people experiencing it. Violence can be experienced anywhere in any form such as family violence, community violence, hate crimes or speeches, sexual violence. It could be even media violence which is shown in films, video games, cartoons and TV. Media violence is the act of showing crimes, killings, fights, abuse etc. Media is now a day’s considered as one of the best source of education. It has power to create negative and positive effects on the mind of people. People rapidly adopt the stuff shown by it. The violence shown by media is becoming the cause of great aggression as people are unconsciously adopting it. Aim of this essay is to highlight the fact that violence shown in media is giving birth to aggressive culture .We will see that to what extend does the violence shown in media disrupts the behaviors .Why people find the use of bad behaviors as the only way for the solution of their problems. Basically we will see what impact it leaves on mind that leads to aggressive behavior. Why people become unable to distinguish between fantasy and real facts and result in threat for others. Exposing children and adolescents (or ‘youth’) to violent visual media increases the likelihood that they will engage in physical aggression against another person. By ‘physical aggression’ we mean behavior that is intended to harm another person physically...
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...Videogames have been accused of social aggression since the 90’s. As many as 97% of United States kids ages 12 to 17 play videogames and more than half of the 50 top-selling videogames contain violence. People claim that they are source where killers are inspired to do what they do, and therefore they must be banned and forgotten. This is a controversial topic given that some people say that there is more to it than people think about, and there is some others that directly blame videogames for all mass shootings in the country. Violent videogames should not be consider to contribute to youth’s aggression and violence. Videogames should not be banned because they are believe to desensitize players to real life violence, perpetrators of mass shootings played violent games, and because...
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...entertainment are Video Games?” For a long time parents have always asked one simple question, are video games good for you? Video games have been blamed for a lot of things from making kids gain weight to making their behavior aggressive. Some of the negative effects parent’s say video games have on children are: 1. An increase in emotional disorders. What I mean by this is that video games can get a kids or anybody emotions down and keep them down for a long time. 2. An increase in behavioral disorder symptoms. What they mean by this is that kid’s behavior in school, at home, etc. can get horrible and they can act just like the video. 3. Declines in verbal performance. 4. Attention problems such as hyperactivity, ADD or ADHD. 5. Family interaction problems. Kids can get so into the video games and then try to act just how the video games plays, then it comes out in real life and they act let’s say if the game is violent the kids act just like it and their parents don’t like it at all and it causes problems. And that comes to my last point. 6. Playing violent video games can cause the behavior to become aggressive. Like in the sentence above explains this point perfect. Shooting games, fighting games can cause aggressive violence in this society. Video games can be good for kids also, especially if the parent’s buy video games that are able to teach (instruct). Video games can help in the following ways also. 1. Effects on Eyes: Action games can help with your...
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...Essay F Influences of Pop culture Influences of Pop Culture Pop culture is the entirety of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, images, and other social network activities. It involves everything from video games, music, TV, movies, to the Internet. Pop culture has a massive impact on today’s society. In the past it mainly influenced younger people; now, it seems to affect all age groups. A large section of the population identifies themselves through popular culture as depicted on the television; their behavior is imitated by the ideas that the numerous TV shows present. This type of action is a bad influence on us as people and to our society. American TV shows have changed the ideas of people about matrimony, family, and social behaviors. It influences our lives in many ways, from the way we do our hair to the way we dress. If a celebrity does it then society will follow. Today’s media has a huge effect on the youth; a prime example rappers the song "Snap Backs and Tattoos". Shortly after this song, everyone had a snap back and were going out to get more tattoos. You can look at kids cartoons and see the influences of pop culture. Just by listening to music can affect the thinking of youths. Dingle 2 Certain celebrities and video games are setting bad examples for all the youth and even adults in this world. These examples affect the way we think of ourselves, and how we associate with others. The most popular video games are “Call of Duty”, “Grand Theft Auto”, and “Madden...
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...and some other’s to show and support that violence is a good thing for kids. When a violent act occurs, the first thing people do is to place the blame on violent media; such as movies, television shows, video games, and comic books. People direct their attention to murderous, gruesome, horrific acts that occur in those types of media. They only want to blame certain media outlets because it is easier to find a reason. Gerrard Jones thinks quite the opposite. He tries to persuade the audience that in spite of all the people’s negative intensions about violent media and things they say about its effect on society, violent media is actually beneficial for the younger ones. His main argument to support his thesis is that violent media has certain benefits and positives that most people outlook. His thesis expresses that violent media is not a bad influence on children, but it does however; allow them to better express themselves. The purpose of his argument is to show the benefits of exposing our children to violent content. Violence helps mould children into an individual who can control their rage better and can even become well rounded individuals. He deems superheroes as acceptable forms of violence because they give kids the idea of powering through hurdles and other barriers in their lives by being inspired by the actions. It prepares the children for violence in reality and teaches them how to control their rage. Various violent games, movies, toy guns can prove handy in children...
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...Sex and Violence Paper Michael Wright Com/340 June 29, 2015 Leigh Pethe Sex and Violence Paper People should mull over every dissimilar dynamic involved prior to setting their sight on the reasoning when they decide whether or not movies, television and video games have any effect on young people. It may possibly be an exhilarating or an extremely exasperating experience. It all depends on the way people try to tackle this concern. People ought to use all the data at their disposal and follow the instructions prior to looking for that ideal resolution. All through this essay, people can gain familiarity, information and examples on the way young people are affected by sex and violence. Many of the likely victims are immature and inexperienced, and because it is human nature, consequently desire the things they observe. A certain method to expect a procedure of transformation however might not be a simple assignment after all is taking the occasion to find out why young people are the audience that is targeted. “Their superior abstract reasoning abilities and their tendency at this age to challenge conventional authority make adolescents particularly susceptible to imitating some kinds of television violence, crime and portrayals of suicide”(Josephson,2011). The study just involves a minute proportion of young people even though the data given is based on figures. Young people appear to be persuaded effortlessly, mainly by their peers. Ponder what young people’s life desires...
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...Media Project Essay Rough Draft There has been a lot of negative attention in the media towards video games. Enough that most parents don't want their young children being subjected to the violence and aggression that most video games have. While there are many arguments that oppose video games, they are also many that claim the opposite. In fact, science has proven that video games are actually beneficial to the cognitive development of human beings. There are many studies that show an enhanced development in children who play video games. In the United States, an astounding 97% of all children play video games for an hour a day. While that may seem counterproductive to their social development, it's actually helping them...
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...Research/Persuasive Essay Violent Video Games “Children on Murder Simulators:” Violent Video Games as Practice for Real Life A very controversial issue in today’s world is violent video games. Do they have an affect on adolescents? Do they influence their actions and thoughts? Over the past couple of years there have been cases of school shootings. In particular the Columbine High School Shooting and Virginia Tech Massacre were both influenced by violent video games. In the Columbine High School shooting, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot and killed thirteen people and then killed themselves. At Virginia Tech, Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed thirty-three people, including himself, and injured twenty-three others (School 1). Violent video games played a major role in these school shootings because the games were tools used to practice there plan and give them the ideas for the weapons they would use and how they would use them. Harris and Klebold attended Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. When the two teens had planned the attack it was intended for propane tanks to detonate that they left in the cafeteria in duffle bags. “According to the report released by the Jefferson County Sheriffs Office, the tanks contained sufficient explosives power to ‘kill the majority of students’ who would be in the cafeteria for lunch” (Columbine 1). The tanks did not discharge as the boys anticipated. When...
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...influences towards violent crime (Rogers, Wczasek, and Davies). For example the game Minecraft, which is a G-rated game suitable for all ages, a game that no one might think is a bad influence towards their child behavior, but in reality even games that are meant for children could lead to violence. In the game the player could do anything that they want craft, build and even kill virtual animals. Young children could find it funny killing animals or pushing them off a cliff towards their death, and they would also think that it is okay to harm animals in the real world because they do it in Minecraft. Parents who do not have the time to check or do not realize what their child is doing when using the computer should be more careful because...
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