The Pros And Cons Of Video Games

Introduction

What is it about?

Controversies over video games are focused on video game content and the potential for it to negatively impact player attitude and behavior. Since the early 1980s, video games have become part of the political debates with lawyers claiming that video games are harmful for society, protected under the freedom of speech. Hundreds of video game studies have been executed by a wide range of psychologists and government agencies with the aim of addressing the issue of harm. These studies have targeted possible links to addiction, aggression, violence, social development, stereotyping and sexual morality issues. These studies have been followed up by different analyzations.

Why this choice?

We chose this subject because it seemed interesting on first sight and we wanted to know more about the current debates circling around videogames now. Besides, we also chose this because we can apply our knowledge and empiricism in our advantage. Additionally, this subject is a well-known topic of today, and with the developing technology, it becomes a more and more popular controversy, it is also difficult to create a conclusion whether gaming is good or bad for you since the opinions differ a lot.

Argumentation

The facts: why it is a social and political problem

One of the most common criticisms of video games is that it leads to increased aggression in youth. Studies have been conducted on this topic and several have found a correlation between these two aspects. However, several other studies by groups such as The Harvard Medical School Center for Mental Health, The Journal of Adolescent Health, and The British Medical Journal have found no link between video game usage and viole...

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...terest told before. Their main goal is to please the citizens and make them happy whatsoever. So why ban games which people enjoy playing? It is just having different taste of games.

Barrack Obama discussed this as well in the United States, he invested millions of dollars on research. He is not sure of what gaming exactly does with the human brain and wants to know more about this ‘problem’.

The United Kingdom and Italy have been banning a lot of games already the past few years due aggressive and sexual content in a certain game. They feel more responsible to their citizens when it is about gaming.

The European Union does not have the right to ban aggressive games on their own. They are allowed to advice other countries to have stricter rules on games. The government of the country can decide for themselves what to do with the information of the European Union.