The effect of media violence on children

[DiceyGrammar]

Do you guys feel that media violence (including video games) has any impact on aggression levels in children? Why or why not?

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[Ten-Speed]

No loving way



Disagree with me and I'll jack your car and beat the stuff out of your brains

[blockguy™]

no and i am positive that you are not the original owner of that avatar unless you are an alt

[Dodger]

Only the dumb ones

[hillkill]

Do you guys feel that media violence (including video games) has any impact on aggression levels in children? Why or why not?

idk but watching gaza in rubble makes me mad.

[SquartleTurtle]

i killed a hooker on gta iv so i felt the urge to stab the hooker i was furiously forking at the same time

[hodot]

Certain people are affected differently by certain things.

It depends, honestly.

[AcornCake]

this topic reminds me of these amazing quotes from far cry 3 blood dragon

[McJobless]

Any activity that involves active participation and some form of exciting stimuli (bright lights, loud sounds, threatening things etc) will have some level of adrenaline rush. How the kids (and adults) deal with that, however, is entirely based on their background, what they have so far learned, their culture etc.

I think the reason we pick on kids a lot is because they're young, and they haven't reached the point of maturity, so they still have some "primal" (if you will) elements to their behaviour. Really though, it's all about teaching them. If an adult actively engages with them and teaches them what's right, wrong and so on, then kids will grow up for the better.

tl;dr I don't think media violence is the root cause, but is one potential method to reach one potential outcome based on the individual and their experience

[Ten-Speed]

What if it's the opposite? What if children are having an effect on media violence? Just something to think about...

[synthesispandabot]

Kids have already been proven to become murderers after playing video games, so fight fire with fire right?

[Kimon²]

violent video games don't do any more than a violent book would.

[Crispy_]

because of playing violent video games as a child like super mario bros and pac man, i have grown up to be a psychopathic murderer who crushes the bodies of people who ive killed. i have killed forty seven people, thirty eight of them being african american, thirty seven of those being obese. i cut up their torso to make a mouth and eyes.

tl:dr - video games dont cause violence directly

[DiceyGrammar]

tl:dr - video games dont cause violence directly

Is that to say that you do believe it causes it indirectly?

[Crispy_]

Is that to say that you do believe it causes it indirectly?

basically i have the same mindset as this guy:

Any activity that involves active participation and some form of exciting stimuli (bright lights, loud sounds, threatening things etc) will have some level of adrenaline rush. How the kids (and adults) deal with that, however, is entirely based on their background, what they have so far learned, their culture etc.

I think the reason we pick on kids a lot is because they're young, and they haven't reached the point of maturity, so they still have some "primal" (if you will) elements to their behaviour. Really though, it's all about teaching them. If an adult actively engages with them and teaches them what's right, wrong and so on, then kids will grow up for the better.

tl;dr I don't think media violence is the root cause, but is one potential method to reach one potential outcome based on the individual and their experience