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    The document discusses arguments for why video games do not cause violence. It summarizes multiple studies that have found no evidence of a link between violent video games and real-world violence. Specifically, one study found video games can cause agitation but not violence against others, and another found new releases of violent video games correlate with declines in youth violence. Additionally, many people play video games and most play violent ones, yet this has not been shown to relate to increased violence in society. The document concludes that while moderation is important, video games are not a source of violence and may provide benefits such as increased teamwork and problem-solving skills.

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    The document discusses arguments for why video games do not cause violence. It summarizes multiple studies that have found no evidence of a link between violent video games and real-world violence. Specifically, one study found video games can cause agitation but not violence against others, and another found new releases of violent video games correlate with declines in youth violence. Additionally, many people play video games and most play violent ones, yet this has not been shown to relate to increased violence in society. The document concludes that while moderation is important, video games are not a source of violence and may provide benefits such as increased teamwork and problem-solving skills.

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    The document discusses arguments for why video games do not cause violence. It summarizes multiple studies that have found no evidence of a link between violent video games and real-world violence. Specifically, one study found video games can cause agitation but not violence against others, and another found new releases of violent video games correlate with declines in youth violence. Additionally, many people play video games and most play violent ones, yet this has not been shown to relate to increased violence in society. The document concludes that while moderation is important, video games are not a source of violence and may provide benefits such as increased teamwork and problem-solving skills.

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    Garcia 1

    Orlando Garcia

    Mr. Dayton

    AP English

    12/08/22

    Video games and Violence

    Video games are a pleasant pastime for many people and have multiple different genres

    and subgenres. One of these genres are action games which have a subgenre called shooters

    which, as the name indicates, are about shooting guns. This has led some people to believe that

    there is a connection between gun violence and these kinds of violent video games. While at first

    glance this argument may seem reasonable, a deeper dive can reveal a lot more than meets the

    eye. Because of the following reasons and evidence there is reason to believe that video games

    do not cause violence.

    First of all, video games have been the focus of multiple studies in order to find any

    connection between them and violence. Highlighted by Robert Preidt of U.S. News, a study that

    was published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization revealed that while video

    games may cause agitation in children, they do not necessarily cause violence against others.

    While some may think that these agitations can eventually build up and result in violence, that is

    not the case as shown by Alex Hern of The Guardian who highlighted a study conducted by New

    Zealand's Massey University that found "no evidence for such an accumulation, and in fact finds

    evidence pointing in the opposite direction". There is even evidence presented by Christopher J.

    Ferguson of P.B.S. that shows that new releases of violent video games "correlate with
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    substantial declines in youth violence - not increases". Outside of studies there are also many

    other arguments that can be made as to why video games don't cause violence.

    A common argument as to why video games don't cause violence is that there are other

    forms of media such as television, movies, and music that depict violence but aren't blamed for

    causing violence. Some people say that video games are different since the player is involved in

    the violence being shown on screen but in that case why are other video games not blamed for

    other crimes? For example, racing games haven't been shown to cause people to begin driving

    recklessly and fighting games haven't been shown to cause people to seek out fights. There is

    also the fact that there are a lot of people who play video games as shown by a survey conducted

    by Statista in December of 2021 that showed that 65% of adults in the United States played

    video games in so it's no wonder that there are people who have committed violent acts that have

    also played video games. On top of this, another survey conducted by Statista in December of

    2011 showed that 75% of people in the United States who played video games mostly played

    violent ones which means that it's no surprise that a person who committed a violent act could've

    also played violent video games. While the age of the 2011 survey may cause it to lose some

    credibility, video games have spread to a much wider audience than before which means that

    there are more opportunities for people to play violent video games.

    While video games are mostly presented as objects that cause violence there have

    actually been shown to be some benefits to playing them.. One of these benefits that is present in

    multiplayer video games is that they can increase teamwork skills by having players work
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    together to reach a common goal which usually involves beating another team. Video games can

    also increase critical thinking skills by having puzzles of sorts or encouraging strategizing before

    advancing. There are also video games that involve physical activity such as Just Dance which

    can make exercising more fun for people to do. One last benefit of playing video games is the

    most obvious in that it is stress relieving and can help someone relax after a long day. The point

    is that video games can do so much to help people but they are usually only brought up because

    of how violent they can be.

    At the end of the day, video games do not cause violence but it is also important to

    remember that video games should be played every now and then and not as much as possible

    since that can be harmful to oneself. Instead of being sources of violence, video games have been

    shown multiple times to not have any connections to it at all. On the contrary, video games have

    a lot more good than bad if a closer look is taken. However there is one thing to think about and

    that is that we need to figure out what the real causes of violence are instead of just blaming

    video games because of their imagery.


    Works Cited:

    U.S. News:

    https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-11-08/no-evidence-violent-video-game

    s-lead-to-real-violence-study

    The Guardian:

    https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/jul/22/playing-video-games-doesnt-lead-to-violent-be

    haviour-study-shows

    P.B.S.:

    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/analysis-why-its-time-to-stop-blaming-video-games-for-r

    eal-world-violence

    Statista:

    https://www.statista.com/statistics/499703/share-consumers-ever-play-video-games-by-age-usa/

    https://www.statista.com/statistics/246715/share-of-violent-vs-non-violent-video-games-played-i

    n-the-us/

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