She then brings up the issue of unnerving newspaper headlines such as “Bloodlust Video Games Put Kids in the Crosshairs” (205). Sternheimer feels not enough emphasis has been given to other issues such as “social rejection and depression” (206). She also brings our attention to information on statistical evidence. Sternheimer believed it to be “controversial” and feels it “exclude[s] a host of other factors” (207). Sternheimer feels it is these other over looked factors that are truly the cause of “young killers” (210).
Summary of Do Video Games Kill by Karen Stemheimer In the commentary, “Do Video Games Kill”, Karen Sternheimer brings to light an interesting and incredibly controversial subject; are video games to blame for youth gun violence? She maintains that due to many biased opinions; political, religious and advocacy groups, the media have failed to provide ample information to the public resulting in the inability to form an educated opinion, in turn causing a mass hysteria resulting in tougher security guidelines in schools, stricter juvenile laws and far less personal and parental responsibility. An incredibly popular first person shooter video game, Doom, is ripe with gratuitous violence. So much so that it has been blamed for several mass shootings, perpetrated by middle-class, white, young-adult males. The media, politicians, advocacy groups as well as the FBI are steadfast in claiming that the only rational explanation is that of the individuals falling prey to the aggression inciting video game.
There is a lack of evidence proving that there was ever any correlation between violence in video games and violence in children that have played these video games. Violent juvenile crime in the United States has been declining as violent video game popularity has increased. The arrest rate for juvenile murders has fallen 71.9% between 1995 and 2008. The arrest rate for all juvenile violent crimes has declined 49.3%. In this same period, video game sales have more than sextupled (650%) between 1996 and 2010 (Entertainment Software Asssociation 2009) (Entertainment Software Association 2013).
The Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 are two popular, expensive video game consoles. Many gamers always prefer one over the other, depending on their opinions. Although these systems have very similar qualities, they are also different. These qualities all include their graphics, games, and their online gaming formats. The similarities between the two consoles are significant, but the differences are also important.
Both David Grossman and Henry Jenkins have strong opinions on video game violence. According to Grossman, violent video games are not protected under the 1st Amendment, because they teach you to kill. He also says that the military uses these games to train men to fight and kill. Grossman states that there are three solutions to the effects of these games, education, legislation, and litigation. Jenkins, on the other hand, says that Grossman's view only works if "we remove training and education from a meaningful cultural context, we assume learners have no conscious goals and that they show no resistance to what they are being taught, and we assume that they unwittingly apply what they learn in a fantasy environment to real world spaces."
People do not view them as who they really are, they view them as their players; if their rank is high they earned the respect of their peers in the games. In real life interaction they are not behind the mask of their character which makes them
I personally do not agree with the article. I believe that the article was well researched though. The article is generally about the effects of video games on the younger generation. The video games single out Caucasian young people. According to the article, before video games became popular only African American young people caused problems.
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The murder rate has done more increasing than decreasing over the last few years. In 2009 Philadelphia ended the year with 406 murders, about 70% of them went unsolved. As time passed the murder rate only decreased by a few people. Murders weren’t the only thing that increased, in 2008 the cities rape rate went high it reached a maximum of 1,038 cases. The lowest the city had in the past few years was in 2009, it ended with 896 cases.
If video games can cure my sadness and confusion, think about what it could on a national level. If Democrats and Republicans sat down and played Battlefield, Smite, League of Legends, maybe even Sims they might actually get along. Or finally pass a useful Bill. Fun has become something we do only when we have time. But with video games there is always time.