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Video Games:

Should They Be Controlled? Who Should Control Them?. Video Games:. Why Should video games be controlled?. Video games have violent content. Violent Content. Why focus on violence?. Studies have shown a connection between violent games and violent thoughts.

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  1. Should They Be Controlled? Who Should Control Them? Video Games:

  2. Why Should video games be controlled? • Video games have violent content.

  3. Violent Content

  4. Why focus on violence? • Studies have shown a connection between violent games and violent thoughts. • Studies have shown that playing a violent game for many years can make a person more violent. • Violent games have been associated with school shootings.

  5. Why Should video games be controlled? • Video games have violent content. • True, but not all games have violence. • Video games ruin kids’ study habits.

  6. Study Habits Anderson, Craig A., Karen E. Dill, “Video Games and Aggressive Thoughts, Feelings, and Behavior in the Laboratory and Life” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Apr. 2000, 772-790

  7. Why Should video games be controlled? • Video games have violent content. • True, but not all games have violence. • Video games ruin kids’ study habits. • Quite possible, but not definite. • Games have sexist content.

  8. Sexist Content

  9. Why Should video games be controlled? • Video games have violent content. • True, but not all games have violence. • Video games ruin kids’ study habits. • Quite possible, but not definite. • Games have sexist content. • A bit of a stretch. • Games should be controlled.

  10. Who Should Control Video Games? • The Government

  11. Governmental Control • In 1993, Senator Lieberman saw Mortal Kombat. • Sen. Lieberman decided to take the issue of violence in games to congress.

  12. The 1993 Congressional Hearings • Testimonies from experts on education and child psychology, as well as executives from the video game industry. • As a result, the video game industry created a rating system for video games.

  13. The ESRB Rating system

  14. The ESRB Content Descriptors

  15. Who Should Control Video Games? • The Government • The ’93 hearings resulted in the formation of the rating system. • The Salesmen • Some already enforce the rating system. • Parents

  16. Parental control • Parents have more access to their children. • Parents can decide when their child is mature enough for games with content unsuitable for younger children • Parents can use tools like the rating system to decide what games their kids can play.

  17. Who Should Control Video Games? • The Government • The ’93 hearings resulted in the formation of the rating system. • The Salesmen • Some already enforce the rating system. • Parents • More access to children, play a larger role in their life.

  18. What I Believe • Young child (5,6,7 -ish) • Parents should have total control over what their children play. • Older child, teen • Parents should allow their children more choice in what they play. • Mature teen, adult • Should be able to make their own decisions in what they play.

  19. What kind of video games do you play? How do they affect you? Conclusion

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