Sunday, February 19, 2017
video game violence
There has been many mass shootings in my opinion due to gun violence that is a result of emphasis on militarism in video games. i also believe that the video game marketing weapons through their product.There is one person that comes to mind when i think about an example of this, the shooting of Anders Breivik. “Anders Breivik said he actually used his video game ‘Call of Duty’ to train for mass murder,” Dr. Paul Weigle, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Joshua Center, in Enfield, Conn., told FoxNews.com. “He called it training simulation. And certainly there were some reports Adam Lanza saw Breivik as a rival, and he was also engaged in shooting games and even the same one.” http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/09/12/training-simulation-mass-killers-often-share-obsession-with-violent-video-games.html. With that being said i think that these video games are not the main reason for there violent crimes, their mental health i believe plays a huge factor , but i do think the video did contribute at little bite.
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I agree with you that video games are likely not the only factors in these shootings but they do contribute and play a role in the shootings.
ReplyDeleteNo one person comes to mind when I think of video game violence, however I did appreciate reading your example. I do think that video games can have an influence on the way a person behaves.
ReplyDeleteI do agree that video games may influence a person to act on violent thoughts. However, I do not believe that they are the cause of violence. Though they do encourage killings I believe that if a person is inclined to shoot up a school or another place they were already having those thoughts before playing video games.
ReplyDeleteThe term that stood out to me in your blog is "training simulator", described by Dr. Paul Weigler. Although, i'm not completely sure if violent video games cause children to become violent, I do believe that endless amount of hours of playing these types of games does have a mental effect. Going back to the term "training simulator", this is interesting because we do use virtual reality to give us a sense of actually being there, perhaps even to train for a certain trade. Great blog, thanks for sharing!
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