Violence in Video Games

The Facts

• Playing violent video games gives youths a reward for violent behavior, and they are then conditioned to associate violence with rewards. (Journal)
• According to a "2 media" experiment, when playing violent video games, you are teaching yourself technique for shooting a gun. (Lin)

Questions to Consider

• Do you want your children to be conditioned to enjoy violence?
• Don't you want to help prevent your child from having psychological trauma?

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Works Cited

• Lin. "Identification Matters: A Moderated Mediation Model of Media Interactivity, Character Identification, and Video Game Violence on Aggression." Online Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Aug. 2015. .
• "The Contested Field of Violent Video Games: Research Roundup - Journalist's Resource." Journalists Resource. N.p., 31 Jan. 2015. Web. 04 Aug. 2015.