An impact of video games on people's behavior
How often
do you play games? And how often did you hear as a child (or anytime) that
video games are bad, have harmful influence on young people and lead to aggression?
I bet quite often. These beliefs are so widespread that most of a society believes in them. But should video games be so demonized? Are they really as evil as they
are presented in the media and by other people? In this presentation I will
introduce you to the most up to date study done by researchers from the Oxford
Internet Institute that brings up the mentioned subject.
(source: http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2019-02-13-violent-video-games-found-not-be-associated-adolescent-aggression)
The topic
of games’ impact on people's behavior is the most often raised when it comes to
a tragedy with video games in the background. In the past there were indeed
some cases when people from “the games world” did commit a crime and we could neither
deny it nor turn a blind eye on such cases. But according to the University of Oxford’s newest
research published on 13 February 2019, adolescents' aggression was found not to
be associated with violent video games.
The sample
group for the research consisted of 2008 people in total including British children
in the age between 14 and 15 and their parents. Teenagers had to answer
questions about their personality and gaming habits in the last month. Parents
on the other hand answered questions about the latest aggressive behaviors of
their children. Games’ violence level was evaluated according to official
standards – PEGI in Europe and ESRB in the US. Results of the study show there is
no link between playing violent games and teenagers' aggression.
Nevertheless, a source of aggression could lay in other aspects of video games like
trash-talks on chats or trolling in multiplayer games, which is considered to be an
antisocial behavior. We should also mention the simplest aspect that could lead
to aggression, which is competitiveness - as it is in other sports, it also
appears in games. These aspects were also raised in the research.
All in all,
we should also remember that people face violence not only in the game industry
but also while e.g. watching movies, watching some of martial arts or browsing
dark alleys of the Internet. The thing is that we can’t be biased and stick
only to one conviction. Remember to be open-minded and always have your own
opinion.
Not to
mention that there are counter studies (to those which demonize gaming) which have proven that playing video games have a beneficial impact on our
brains and it, among others, improves our reaction time. In addition, some time
ago in a “Świat Wiedzy” magazine I’ve read that video games are used to heal people
with movement disorders resulting from e.g. a stroke.
To sum up, I
believe that in some time the world will see that video games could be
beneficial for people. That it is not only a good way to spend your free time
and relax but also it could help people in ways no one would ever imagine. But
as always – we should keep using everything in appropriate doses and should not
exaggerate.
Questions:
1. What is your opinion about an influence of video games on young
people?
2. Have you
ever met or heard of someone who was truly, dangerously triggered by a video
game in real life? (Except for a standard
arguments on a text/voice chat)
3. Would
you consider banning some games for children and teenagers?
4. What do
you think about using video games in a medicine? Could it be a future?
Sources:
Comments
It is very individual,it all depends where the youth grows. If do they have the awareness that this is a video game.
2. Have you ever met or heard of someone who was truly, dangerously triggered by a video game in real life? (Except for a standard arguments on a text/voice chat)
Often seen in the news as in the US teenagers shot their schoolmates or did suicide.
3. Would you consider banning some games for children and teenagers?
There are special age limits for PEGI 5 13 16 18 games. But no one in online stores doesn't ask for a passport to confirm the age. The more forbidden, the more you want
4. What do you think about using video games in a medicine? Could it be a future?
Why only in medicine? Now a lot of where to use, but it's more like a simulator,not a game.
2. My colleague from the gymnasium threw a chair at his brother as he did not play it on the computer.
3. Yes, but on the same principle why pornography is from the age of 18 and not from the age of 2. I would think more about limiting the time that they can play.
4. Of course it is useful but in my opinion these are more simulators, testers or training devices than games, just in a nice form like gyms with TV.
I'm against violent video games, i had such as bad experience playing video games and getting mad after loosing. It's true.
2. Have you ever met or heard of someone who was truly, dangerously triggered by a video game in real life? (Except for a standard arguments on a text/voice chat)
Yes, here is the example of my younger brother, who was addicted with bets, he stole money from me and parents, and we we found out what was the problem, he threated with a knife parents
3. Would you consider banning some games for children and teenagers?
Sure, that's what i'm thinking of when i will be an influencer in our poor world. I don't think that it would be easy, but at leas i will try and maybe, change the world, leave it without violence.
4. What do you think about using video games in a medicine? Could it be a future?
No way, i don't think that video games have future in medicine, i can't imagine it right now.
2. I knew some people that were really dangerous and threatened others just because they killed their character in a video game and it wasnt just threats but there were fights, knife stabbings and choking almost to death. Some people can be really serious because of video games...
3. I think that really violent games should be banned for children and games having erotic stuff in them too. But as we all know its hard to control who is playing a game that is not for a specific group of players, and we all know that method involving selecting your date of birth is not enough.
4. I don't think that games right now can be used in medicine. I saw some games where you can control a car by your mind and its good to learn control but I don't think that it really works.
Many games should be banned for children and adolescents. Unfortunately, there is no possibility of effective ban, because people are smart about being able to bypass bans.
If the games can help in medicine, they should definitely be implemented as soon as possible. I am a big fan of this idea and I keep my fingers crossed for him.
Not really, me and my friend sometimes 're getting furious over some video game but I don't think it is really dangerous, I've heard that about 10 yers ago ( god, times runs so fast :D ) there was a kid who was playing Tibia and his mum, turn of the electricity to stop him, and she got hit by a chair. I don't think banning any game is good for teenagers.
2. No, I have never witnessed such situation.
3. Yes, I would consider banning some games for very young children, but not for the teenagers. In case of children, there are age rating systems already, and parents can use them to control the exposure of particular content to their children. In case of teenagers – as I said before – I think that there is no place for banning anything for people who should already know how to behave. It is a parent role to raise up children in a proper way, not the government or other organisations which can allow or ban something.
4. Yes, if something can help to recover after the accident or to stimulate the brain, then why shouldn’t we use it? Video games are able to engage a significant amount of brain activity, so it could become an effective way of dealing with brain disabilities.
I've been working for a few years in YouTube field, and especially there is the damaging impact of not only games but also social media on young people. I am not an opponent of games with violence, but I am not for sharing them with more and more young people. I believe that games, in addition to wasting time, are not negative for us, provided we dose them in reasonable quantities.
2. Have you ever met or heard of someone who was truly, dangerously triggered by a video game in real life? (Except for a standard arguments on a text/voice chat)
Yes, I used to know a person who for a week could not calm down by a computer game, so that to relieve tension, he beat a friend.
3. Would you consider banning some games for children and teenagers?
Of course, in my opinion it is necessary. Same as limiting and controlling the time that young people spend in front of a computer or looking in the screen of a smartphone. Where are the times when young peoples went out into the yard to meet, or simply have fun.
4. What do you think about using video games in a medicine? Could it be a future?
Of course, simulations of operations are already carried out where possible and needed in heavy operations. 3D printing is also often used. However, these are not typical computer games, but specialized software that allows us to do exercises and learn.
I think that games are quite neutral for young people. They will not make them maniacs or geniuses. Also all games have thing called PEGI, which says min age for specific game. So when parents are buying 18+ game for 8 yers old kid, then well... it's not game fault :P
2. Have you ever met or heard of someone who was truly, dangerously triggered by a video game in real life? (Except for a standard arguments on a text/voice chat)
I mean yeah, but it's same thing with Snapchat or Facebook or Intagram. Everything that allows you to interact with other person could lead to some kind of fraud or something. But again, that's not fault of a game, but of game community.
3. Would you consider banning some games for children and teenagers?
As I said before - it's done already. It's called PEGI.
4. What do you think about using video games in a medicine? Could it be a future?
I do not think that games will be great achievement in medicine haha, but who know what future will bring.
Since I know a lot of people who completely absorb the games, and they just do not want to do anything else. Then you need to solve this problem. Whet all is good in moderation. And it turns into a dependency, and not a way to relax and get a little distracted.
I believe that there should be a restriction on certain games (in principle, is usually written from what age you can play one or another game). After all, many games are connected with murder and cruelty. Hardly this is what children need to show as a normal phenomenon. There are enough games for children that have a developing meaning.
1. In my opinion, some games have a really positive effect on young people. For example, in survival games, where you have to think, plan everything, depending on situation in game. And all of this, what we met in games, can happen in real life. And if we have "experience" in that, we can survive.
2. Unfortunately, no, I haven't met person like you say. But maybe it's good?
3. I wouldn't ban any game, I think, because in my opinion, every game every game usually has a good effect on us, more or less.
4. Video games in a medicine? I wouldn't say that, more as augmented reality. This is the most certain, even it is used in some US hospitals.
I am not entirely sure if they promote violence, however they may cause sense of alienation among younger audience, detaching them from the real world as they get deeper in the online world of games. As a result, they may get worse at social behaviours, which is not exactly violence, but not beneficial either.
2. Have you ever met or heard of someone who was truly, dangerously triggered by a video game in real life? (Except for a standard arguments on a text/voice chat)
No, I have never stumbled upon such example in my life or heard about anyone from my circle of friends and acquaintances.
3. Would you consider banning some games for children and teenagers?
Only if it could be controlled in any way. With online instant access and no real control over the games that children can buy/download/play, any game-banning policies are just pure theory and no effect, and there are no point in introducing them.
4. What do you think about using video games in a medicine? Could it be a future?
I think it will be the future since we are inevitably heading down that road that will digitalize all aspects of our lives.
I am started play in computer games when i was 6, and i can say that the games give me a lot of worlds to live, some interesting stories, friends in real life. I disagree with influence, if you are not psychologically stable it’s not because of game
2. Have you ever met or heard of someone who was truly, dangerously triggered by a video game in real life? (Except for a standard arguments on a text/voice chat)
Yes, but that people can triggered because of people, teacher in school, alcohol, of anything that can you make angry.
3. Would you consider banning some games for children and teenagers?
We have for that Pan European Game Information (PEGI), but why is a parents by a GTA(grand theft auto) with 18+ years for children 12-16 years ?
4. What do you think about using video games in a medicine? Could it be a future?
I knew some experiment with VR then people with problem can feel better.
who commit crimes and messages throw it on games because he played gta yesterday. Returning to the topic, games can develop a young man, teach logical thinking and dexterity
2.I have not met
3.Games that I would not banned but certainly voice communication in young people. Sometimes, by such people, a gamer is more nervous than losing in the game
4.Currently, games reduce stress, can cure depression, and can be a remedy as much as possible. For sure playing on the pad we practice joints
I think it's overrated, and can influent only people with already broken psychics to commit a crime. The same result can be achieved without video games at all, just give this people access to internet.
2. Have you ever met or heard of someone who was truly, dangerously triggered by a video game in real life? (Except for a standard arguments on a text/voice chat)
I heard about guy from United States who actually tracked down abuser from video game by IP dress after several month of searching.
3. Would you consider banning some games for children and teenagers?
I think games already have enough restriction and parents should care more thinking why their child has so much free time to spend it in games instead of education, sports, healthy entertainment.
4. What do you think about using video games in a medicine? Could it be a future?
I think that it is prominent technology that can help people.
When I was young I once heard about child jumping out of the window because of spider man stuff. It might be on point. but so do i like spider man and I never tried web-swinging out of the window.
2. Have you ever met or heard of someone who was truly, dangerously triggered by a video game in real life? (Except for a standard arguments on a text/voice chat)
Some says that breivik was playing call of duty, so do I however.
3. Would you consider banning some games for children and teenagers?
No. Today's games are too childish.
4. What do you think about using video games in a medicine? Could it be a future?
I think it might be helpful for vet soldiers with those post traumatic stress disorders (PTSD)
Some people would say that brutally games trigger aggression, but I don’t think that’s the case. The games don’t make people angry, but the loss. For example Tetris incenses level of aggression, but if someone thinks that Tetris its brutal game then I would not even argue with that person.
There are PEGI limitations for games, but when you are playing online no one would ask you for your ID. Its parents job to monitor their child what games shouldn’t play.
As I mention earlier playing certain types of video games in the right doses might help in medicine.
That kind of people you mentioned certainly shouldn't be allowed to play games. Yeah, parents definitely should care more about what their children do in their free time.
2. I only heard about them in tv especially like people that stab someone because he stole some item in game or died because he didn’t eat or drink when playing for 2-3 days. Some people loose contact with reality because in games life is easer and you can be anyone.
3. When I see some new games that are created of course I would ban them. I mean games whose only purpose is madness, destruction and bloody slaughter without anything else.
4. You mean like simulators or normal games? If it’s simulators there are some already and it’s good idea it’s beater to train on virtual patient than on real patient.
Now that I have ranted a bit, as for the distribution of video games: ratings exist. When kids get their hands on media they shouldn’t be able to enjoy someone is failing at their duties. Usually their parents.
Many years ago on holidays I went to internet caffe and witness situation in which kid destroyed headphones becose he was killed in a game.
To be honest I dont see the point. The more things will be prohibited the more influance they will have. In my opinion we should raise awarness by educating people.
Maybe to some point. They could propably become part of treatment.
2. No, not really. I was actually curious if there was a study on that.
3. No, it's good to have age regulations like we do now but I would not ban any games.
4. I believe that video games could be extremely helpful in some areas like PTSD therapy for example.
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