The topic of violent video games is something I feel very passionately about. The words you read above don’t express my opinion on the issue. I actually believe that video games are somewhat healthy and aren’t in the least bit harmful, aside from the fact that they probably play a part in the growing waistbands of my generation. Instead of writing a paper on my viewpoint, I plan to write a paper exploring the opposing views. My paper will show how violent games such as Grand Theft Auto and Doom have corrupted the youth of today.
My audience will be all those that play violent video games. I will show them that they need to stop playing these games while they still can, before they act on the violent urges they get by playing them.
Gentile, Douglas and Craig Anderson. Violent Video Games: The Newest Media Violence Hazard. . 16 Oct. 2003 New York: Oxford University Press. 15 Oct. 2007
Dill, Karen and Craig Anderson. Violent Video Games Can Increase Aggression. 15 Oct. 2007
Craig Anderson. Violent Video Games: Facts, Myths, and Unanswered Questions. 15 Oct. 2007
McLean, Bethany and Doris Burke. Sex, Lies, and Videogames. 22 Aug. 2005 Fortune. 15 Oct. 2007
Entertainment Software Rating Board. ESRB Game Ratings. 15 Oct. 2007
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Matthew, you do not need to argue something you do not believe in. On the contrary, I'd go in the direction of exploring the idea that "video games are somewhat healthy and aren’t in the least bit harmful". In any case, you would have to deal with the opposing views. But if you weigh the contras that your opponents throw at you and the pros that you find not only intuitively but through your research, you might feel not only passionately, but also firmly about it:-) You might structure your exploratory paper around identifying what kinds of games are bad and which might be actually developmentally useful.
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