Some objective conditions relating to this social problem would be the studies done by Dr. Craig A. Anderson and Dr. Karen E. Dill, two psychologists who study teenage behavior. The conducted two studies to try to relate aggressive behavior to violent video game playing. The firs

In conclusion, I feel that violent video games are getting into the wrong hands and something should be done about it. I don’t believe that violent video games should be banned completely like some people would like to see, but I do feel that we as a society must do something to keep little kids from getting their hands on them. I think we need to have more store people following the age guidelines and not selling these video games to children. We also need to educate parents more as to what these video games involve, including the content, language and images. If we were to put commercials for these games on at a later time, as opposed to during the afternoon when kids are watching TV after school, then little kids won’t be exposed to these video games as much. We also need to have teachers getting more involved with students and they should be making sure that kids are not being exposed to these games or talking about them as much. I think that if parents and teachers took more time to make sure their kids are staying on the right path and staying away from these video games, then even the most aggressive students can learn alternative ways to letting out their aggression. I feel that the problem has not been handled well. We have been focusing too much on the makers of the games. As long as we have the First Amendment, we are going to have offensive material out there. If parents reacted the same way to these video games as they do for things like pornography and drugs, them maybe we will have less kids playing them. If we focused more on the poor parenting that has become all too common nowadays we would be able to pinpoint the problem and try to convince more of them to be more active in their children’s lives.

If a sociologist were to look at this problem they would consider both sides of the argument. The sociologist would understand where the people who are against violent video games were coming from. They would look at the studies done and see that violent video games are proven to raise the aggression levels in people, especially teenage boys. But they would also look at the other side, the right to free speech and the right to create video games for people to enjoy. They would understand that a children’s playing of those video games should be dependent upon whether or not the parents allow them to, not whether or not they exist. They understand that we live in a violent society and the older generation is not used to this excessive amounts of violence, because they grew up in a time where violent behavior was few and far between and criminals were easily denoted from regular people, like in the movie Batman where the bad guys where silly, colorful costumes to distinguish themselves from the good guys and regular people. But at the same time they also would see the child’s point of view, that it’s just a video game and a fun way to kill some time, no pun intended.

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