Share Paper: Video Games and Violence: What should we be Teaching Students about Violence in Video Games?

  1. Donald B Fairrel, University of North Texas, United States
Wednesday, March 15 1:45 PM-2:45 PM St. Charles A - Rounds *

Abstract: Acts of teenage violence must have a cause. Many people believe that the dramatic rise in video game violence is having a psychological effect on school-age children leading to an increase in child violence, and school shootings. Numerous tests have been run, experiments have been performed, detailed studies about aggression and video game violence have been done and redone and still, the results are debated, argued, and discussed among dozens of experts. With no clear or decisive research deciding the issue, there is room for further study but until we have a clear answer what should we teach students about ...