Unit 6: Critical approaches to creative media products

Unit 6: Critical approaches to creative media products

I don't believe that video games effect people levels of violence. I made a survey and the evidence points to most of them playing FPS games as well as other categories not on the list. These can be some of the most violent leading you to run around maps shooting people without even giving it a second thought. We also asked if they played games competitively or casually. 47% of people played competitively and 53% played casually but even when playing casually 82% of people still got angry at the games they were playing. Some of these times did result in violence but only to objects like walls and controllers but most people will do this simply because they have had an argument so this can not really be used to say video games cause violence instead they just create anger  in people at times. We asked if there anger had carried on outside the game and the answers were mixed most people answered No there anger did not carry over to the outside world but quite a few people said that this does happen to them but if it had resulted in violence somebody would have said so and nobody mentioned any thing about the anger from a game resulting in them hurting someone or something so I have reason to believe that video game anger doesn't cause violence. I also watched a documentary researching this subject. The documentary started off by disusing violent videos games and how the media has portrayed these games bringing up Carmageddon. One guy pointed out that the characters in video games are not real and that people understand this. During an experiment done by professionals it was discovered that it increased aggression meaning they are more likely to act in a violent way. They also took the experiment to see whether they would react towards violent scenes. They found that the violent video game players didn't get as stressed about the video. They also think that is changes the way people think. There is evidence to support that there is actually a drop in violent crimes as gaming takes up are time with something else meaning you don't get into violent situations. A lot of the people feel that games have no effect on people. Another experiment was done to find out if a non aggressive game could make you more violent and it was found that frustration could be a factor in video games relation to violence. It was also found that a part of are brain that controls emotion is used when gaming but it doesn't have any relation to anger. Being a gamer myself I feel that the rage I experience has never led to violence. Although gaming can lead to anger I think that the anger does not lead to violence and saying this is a comment mainly used by the media to create stories. All the evidence points toward gaming reducing violence instead of causing it and improving skills of them playing it.