Increasing Violence in Our Society

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Increasing Violence in Our Society Cynthia Stephenson Argosy University Increasing Violence in Our Society Video games are commonly sold in almost every store. Observation shows that they are placed up front by the check out areas for the quick grab and purchase. Today, more video games are violent in nature, than they were ten or even twenty years ago. What is the impact of these video games on the increased violence in society? These violent video games desensitize anyone who plays the games, whether they are children or adults. Data does show that playing these violent video games increases aggression and desensitization to violence (Bailey, West, & Anderson, 2011). Further research indicates that men are more affected by the increased aggression than women (Bartholow & Anderson, 2002). Older research shows that there is be short-term effects that are negative in nature when playing these video games. The child or adult playing these games suffer from negative effects on their emotional state (Anderson & Ford, 1986). Their emotional state became increasingly hostile. Would even playing these games occasionally increase the violent nature we see in society? Research shows long term effects of playing these games increase the players way they deal with real life conflicts (Anderson & Dill, 2000). There is enough research to say that video games do have an impact on the increased violence in society. There is a video game in every home, and these games have some type of violent content (Anderson, Shibuya, Ihori, Swing, Bushman, Sakamoto, Rothstein & Saleem, 2010). The risks of playing these games are high. Further research needs to be done on the longitudinal effects that alter a person’s personality and their increased aggressive social behavior. Another question, what are the cognitive changes on game players?

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