Media History Repeats: "Games under attack: Addiction and Violence"

I agreed that games have strongly led to addiction to people in all level of ages especially teenagers and violence which depicted in video games led to public concern of how it would affect badly to them. As commented by Mr. Lowenstein (2005),” One thing to say a product is protected speech, which it is, or that it is rated and parents need to accept responsibility for what their kids play, which they do”. By other means, parents should protect and be more aware of what video games played by their child since they are rated. The lack of awareness from parents causes their children to be exposed to addiction and violence in video games. The Charlotte Observer Health section has an interesting article on serving cold turkey to starve video game addiction. As said by a parent in this article,” After initially complaining that her son was on the computer "pretty much every waking moment unless he was at school or work," and after I told her that she needed to take control where he had lost control, she and her husband lost their nerve and cut him back to four hours a day on school days and eight hours a day on weekends. No, seriously. She later admitted "I obviously am a total wimp" and "I feel really stupid about not having much backbone." Furthermore, one study reveals that young men who are habitually aggressive may be especially vulnerable to the aggression-enhancing effects of repeated exposure to violent games," said psychologists Craig A. Anderson, Ph.D., and Karen E. Dill, Ph.D. "The other study reveals that even a brief exposure to violent video games can temporarily increase aggressive behavior in all types of participants.