d increased aggressive behavior. I think that video games' realistic graphics and sounds may make them even more likely to influence children's attitudes, beliefs and behaviors than more traditional forms of media.
Is it true that games can affect the lives of children negatively? I say yes. The very most popular games that kids have tendency to play are games like Doom, Resident Evil, Grand Theft Auto, Wolfenstein 3D, Half Life, and various other games that all have extreme violence involved in game play. 89 percent of the top-selling video games today contain violent content, almost half of which is serious in nature. The student presenter did address the violence issue within one sentence stating that these games have violence controls which allow a parent to turn down or off the gore within the game. If a parent is savvy enough to make this change, great, but this does not change the object of the game; killing the bad guys or good guys for that matter.
Innovative new research by the National Institute on Media and the Family suggests video game violence is a risk factor for aggressive behavior among adolescents. This research is significant because it demonstrates that children, who are least aggressive in nature and are expos
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