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No purchase of violent computer games under 18

No purchase of violent computer games under 18. Priyanka Gulati Section 002. Violent video games. What did we see in the video?. Violence Killing seems to be harmless Killing visualized. 10 most violent computer games. Resident Evil 4 Grand Theft Auto God of War NARC Killer 7

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No purchase of violent computer games under 18

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  1. No purchase of violent computer games under 18 PriyankaGulati Section 002

  2. Violent video games

  3. What did we see in the video? • Violence • Killing seems to be harmless • Killing visualized

  4. 10 most violent computer games • Resident Evil 4 • Grand Theft Auto • God of War • NARC • Killer 7 • The Warriors • 50 Cent • Crime of Life: Gang Wars • Condemned • True Crime

  5. What happens to teenagers when playing a violent computer game? • Actions are imitated of the character who you identify with the most • Active, not passive • Repetition forces learning • Rewards are encouraging

  6. Results of research on effects • Violent games trigger mechanism in brain  more aggressive • Diminished response to real-life violence

  7. Experiment 12-15 year old boys played violent and non-violent games • Heart rate variability with violent games affected more while playing AND sleeping • Autonomous nerve system / central physiological system affected though being unaware of it

  8. Risks of violent computer games • More likely to be aggressive • Less likely to help others • Desensitized

  9. Percentage of young people involved in physical fights

  10. Real life examples • Columbine High School in 1999 • 2 high-school students shot 13 people and wounded 23 people • Gutenberg School in Germany in 2002 • teenager murdered 16 people with a shotgun

  11. Works cited • Violent Video Games Create Aggression. November 17, 2008. News Medical Net. November 17, 2008. <http://www.news-medical.net/?id=15287> • Violent Video Games Affect Boys’ Biological Systems, Study Finds. November 15, 2008. Science Daily. November 15, 2008. <http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081113101424.htm> • Video Game Violence and Public Policy. November 16, 2008. University of Chicago. November 16, 2008. <http://culturalpolicy.uchicago.edu/conf2001/papers/walsh.html> • 10 most violent games named. November 16, 2008. Yahoo! Games. November 16, 2008. <http://videogames.yahoo.com/newsarticle?eid=416427>

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