(Anderson and Bushman 353) The leaders of the video gaming industry are rightly trying to get out from under this stigma of making kids commit violent crimes. ... If scientists cannot agree on the kind of aggression being shown when kids play these video games how can we assume that playing these video games can cause a violent act? ... In the article, The Influence of Violent and Non-violent Computer Games on Implicit Measures of Aggressiveness, a study was completed. ...

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Although most people look at television as an entertaining and educational way to spend time, some people think there is to much violence in television and that is influencing our young into becoming aggressive in nature and to tolerate violence. ... Acts of violence are committed everyday by High school and even Elementary school kids. ... Many of the research conducted, points at television violence as the primary influence in our children's aggressive behavior. ... Studies conducted by scientists have found that the behavior of hostile kids in school were influenced by the shows they w...

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The violent tape chosen was Karate Kid III and the nonviolent tape was Gorillas in the Mist. In experiments using these two videos, higher levels of anger and aggressive behavior were found in participants who saw the Karate Kid III video than in participants who saw the Gorillas in the Mist video (Bushman, 1998). ... The frequency and legitimacy of violent acts on television also influences viewers to model their acts after what they have seen on television. ...

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Contrary to many parents' expectations, video games are no longer, and one must question if they ever were, just for kids. ... Whether video games can influence players to commit violent acts or if individuals can shrug off a video game experience as being wholly fictitious and inappropriate for the real world is a topic of much dispute. Nevertheless, the adverse effects of video games not only through visual stimuli but also through audio stimuli on individuals' thoughts, individuals obliviously learn to become more aggressive through a process called modeling, and the fact that the...

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