Do violent video games lead to real violence? Some people believe they do, some believe they don’t and that the two things have no link whatsoever. It’s a topic that is argued about a lot.
In studies, it has been discovered after quite a bit of searching around after shootings and killings, that playing violent video games and violent behaviour in real life may indeed be linked.
In 1999, on April 20th, two seniors had walked into their high school in Colorado with assault rifles. They opened fire, shot dozens of people, killing twelve students and one teacher. “...in the ensuing search for answers it came out the shooters had spent a lot of time playing violent video games.”
(http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/video-game-violence.htm)
Ever since that first discovery, any massacres that happen are immediately looked into for the history of the killer possibly playing violent video games.
Remember the Connecticut shooting in 2012? “The 20-year-old who killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut in 2012 played violent video games.” (http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/video-game-violence.htm)
“The 2008 study Grand Theft Childhood reported that 60% of middle school boys that played at least one Mature-rated game hit or beat up someone, compared to 39% of boys that did not play Mature-rated games.”
(http://videogames.procon.org/)
There are also many, many claims that the two do not have any connection, and that it’s just a coincidence. A study has been published that claims that there is no connection whatsoever. You can read more about that here.
So, does a history of playing violent video games possibly lead to violence in real life? There’s still no solid proof whether it does or doesn’t, so there are still many studies being conducted on the topic. What do you think? Does it or doesn’t it?
In studies, it has been discovered after quite a bit of searching around after shootings and killings, that playing violent video games and violent behaviour in real life may indeed be linked.
In 1999, on April 20th, two seniors had walked into their high school in Colorado with assault rifles. They opened fire, shot dozens of people, killing twelve students and one teacher. “...in the ensuing search for answers it came out the shooters had spent a lot of time playing violent video games.”
(http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/video-game-violence.htm)
Ever since that first discovery, any massacres that happen are immediately looked into for the history of the killer possibly playing violent video games.
Remember the Connecticut shooting in 2012? “The 20-year-old who killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut in 2012 played violent video games.” (http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/video-game-violence.htm)
“The 2008 study Grand Theft Childhood reported that 60% of middle school boys that played at least one Mature-rated game hit or beat up someone, compared to 39% of boys that did not play Mature-rated games.”
(http://videogames.procon.org/)
There are also many, many claims that the two do not have any connection, and that it’s just a coincidence. A study has been published that claims that there is no connection whatsoever. You can read more about that here.
So, does a history of playing violent video games possibly lead to violence in real life? There’s still no solid proof whether it does or doesn’t, so there are still many studies being conducted on the topic. What do you think? Does it or doesn’t it?