Research has indicated that videogame violence may cause youth violence; what else do you...?

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consider to be a cause?

Answer 1

Genetics research also show that some people are genetically violent. My feeling is a bad game won't turn a good kid bad but may turn a bad kid that is not mentally stable worse. I have played violent games all my life but I have never been in a fight, never threatened a fight....nothing.

Columbine, for example, I don't think those kids were mentally stable. They may have finally gotten the courage through violent games but I don't think a normal person that is sane will be inspired by a GAME to shoot up a school. The problem is with mentally unstable people not being able to tell what is reality and what is only for the game world.

I think one comment may be suggesting, based on Mr. Moores position, that guns are the problem. Most countries in Europe, which have stricter gun control laws, have more shooting deaths PER STUDENT than the US. It is true we have more deaths total but we also have a lot more students.

Answer 2

If the research you are talking about only demonstrates a correlation, this in no way, can be used to prove videogame violence causes youth violence. It is just as likely that violent youths are more likely to play violent video games. An experiment, in which causation was proved, wouldn't do much good either, because it is impossible to determine whether the violent behavior persisted in the real world after the child left the labratory. Research on social category priming has demonstrated that individuals, when presented with the representation of a particular category of individuals, will mimic their behavior for a short time. For example, someone shown pictures and videos of the elderly will subtley alter their posture to be like those in the videos. It is based on the salience of stereotypical behaviors of the category presented.

Answer 3

Like Michael Moore pointed out in Bowling For Columbine... other countries have the same exact videogames we do, yet a very, very, verrrry small percentage of crimes compared to ours.

Whatever you blame, don't blame music, videogames, movies, or anything else that every other country has, when half of them are 20 times more safe to live in.

Answer 4

I believe if a person is influenced by a video game to commit violent acts, then they had mental problems to begin with. I think violent behavior is more strongly influenced by family and environment. (i.e. If you are being beaten at home on a daily basis, chances are you will be a violent person) I don't think games, songs or movies can make anyone do anything unless they already had a tendency toward that behavior.

Answer 5

Role Models, people at school who encourage these acts (gangs, people who taunt those leading to low self esteem), parental influences, movies, tv shows, music, and others... videogames aren't always the answer for causing violence in our youth! people should stop blaming it on videogames!!!