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4.2 Assignment
Objectives:
Instructions:
Before you start, watch "Explore & Narrow Your Topic with Opposing Viewpoints" and "ENGL 102/103: Developing a Search Strategy" (both by MC Libraries). These videos will help you get basic information on your topic and determine whether the topic you want to explore is feasible for the assignments in the course.
The parts of the topic proposal that overlap with the 4.1 Discussion should reflect any revisions you've made to the issue and information questions since posting them, or, if you have decided to change topics and/or issue questions, you can submit completely new ones in this assignment.
Remember that your topic should relate to one of the three assigned themes: Violence, Privacy and technology, Free speech on college campuses, or a different one proposed to and discussed with your professor.
Example of a topic: "violent video games," "online data collection by companies," "offensive guest speakers on college campuses."
FORMAL TOPIC PROPOSAL
Theme:
Topic:
Who is impacted by the issues related to your topic:
Your personal experience with the topic and any personal context areas you think are relevant to your perspective (see Assignment 1.4 for the original Personal Context Assignment):
Your main issue question:
At least 5 information questions related to your topic:
Search terms you will use:
Your current opinion on the issue question:
Three (3) complete and correctly formatted MLA citations for sources accessed through library databases and written for a general audience on your topic. You don’t need to have read them, and you’re not required to use them, but this list will ensure that you can find source material on your topic.
Three (3) complete and correctly formatted MLA citations for three SCHOLARLY sources accessed through library databases. Again, you don’t need to have read them, and you’re not required to use these particular sources, but this list will ensure that there is source material available on your topic.
Due: Sunday, Week 4
Personal Experience with Violent Video Games
The Lead Informative Questions.
Entertainment is supposed to cause pleasure, but does violent video games achieve that purpose or they are negative influencers to the users?
The behavior of a person depends on his or her psychology; do violent games affect the behavior of a person due to the virtual but violent environment created when gaming?
What is, or what was, the view of the developers when the designed such violent games, is the view equal to the effects of the video gaming to the users?
Most of the pleasuring activity can lead to addiction; does video gaming make a person to be an addict compared to other types of games?
Is there necessity of creating violent games that have a negative impact to the users?
Discussion
The environment set for the children is useful in determining the quality of life they will live. According to Shao and Wang, the environments created at home affect the children therein (384). In their research on how violent video gaming is connected to adolescent aggression, Shao ad Wang found that children from poor family environments were the most affected by the games (384). Conversely, the students who were from families with a good environment were less affected by violent video gaming. Therefore, it is beyond argument that the environment created by the parents can determine the well-being of the children. The failure of the role of parenthood will translate to a generation that has an inclined cognitive power and with possible poor performance.
Exposure to violent video gaming affects the concentration of a student leading to poor performance in the school. According to Khalil et al., both the students and the parents should be updated about the information regarding the effects of violent video gaming (331). More than 62.07% of the students engaged in violent video gaming will exercise and portray violence in real life. When such young people start engaging in violent action, their social life is at risk of being negative. In the learning institutions, there is a necessity of cooperation between the students and the teacher; however, this may not be possible if the children have no good social skills. According to Khalil et al., 63.21% of the male students who play violent video games are found to have poor performance in academic work (331). Therefore, if the parents fail to understand the effects and the risk they are exposing their children to when they avail of the violent video games, even the education system will be affected.
The effect of video gaming is not based on the health condition of a person but the type of exposure and the duration. The minds of the children are greatly affected by the environment they grow up in. Therefore, exposure to the issues that tune their mindset negatively can mold them into aggressive and prone to crimes society. According to Kühn et al., the buildup of the effects occurs in short-term phases (1222). However, with the increased exposure, the long-term effects can be portrayed through the behaviors of such people because the behaviors are highly dependent on the cognitive power of a person.
Finally, as a society, it is necessary to take of the children since they are the future members who will be assigned various obligations in the community. Therefore, it is necessary for the parents to ensure that the content and activities that the children are exposed are fit for them. Such consideration will not ensure the well-being of the society but will also be a boost to the education system through the enhancement of the social being of the students.
Works Cited
Khalil, Salman, et al. "Impact of Playing Violent Video Games Among School Going Children." Indian Journal of Community Health. 2019;31(3):331-337.
Kühn, Simone, et al. "Does playing violent video games cause aggression? A longitudinal intervention study." Molecular Psychiatry 24.8 (2019): 1220-1234.
Shao, Rong, and Yunqiang Wang. "The relation of violent video games to adolescent aggression: An examination of the moderated mediation effect." Frontiers in Psychology 10 (2019): 384.
