Multimedia Violence A Grave Threat Of Teens Of The New...

Multimedia Violence : A Grave Threat to Teens of the New Generation Craig A. Anderson, an eminent director of the Center for the Study of Violence at Iowa State University, commented on multimedia violence saying, â€Å"Exposing children and adolescents (or ‘youth’) to violent visual media increases the likelihood that they will engage in physical aggression against another person. By ‘physical aggression’ we mean behavior that is intended to harm another person physically, such as hitting with a fist or some object. A single brief exposure to violent media can increase aggression in the immediate situation. The repeated exposure leads to general increases in aggressiveness over time (â€Å"Quotes: Media Violence†).† Although Anderson commented on†¦show more content†¦One specific case stated that the player would pinpoint locations that he could shoot a gun from. In another case, several game players reenacted parts of the video game without knowing what they were doing (Holly). These studies prove that it is highly difficult for teenage gamers to separate themselves from the games. A reason for this is that the games and the real world look too much alike. The studies also prove that video games start to warp and fog the brain of people whose brains have not been fully developed yet. â€Å"The heads of six major health-care organizations testified jointly before Congress in June 2000 that there is a direct causal link between violent video games and violence. Various medical research facilities, including Harvard, have found that teens process violent images in a different part of the brain than do adults, the part that is unable to differentiate reality from fantasy and that, according to Harvard, makes copycatting far more likely in kids than in adults† (Thompson). This evidence proves that the impact of video games is negative because teenagers’ brains aren’t fully developed; they becom e more susceptible to the repeated violent images. Another explanation for teenagers becoming more