Digital Story Annotated Bibliography

1.    Foster, Cormac. "Do Violent Video Games Really Cause Violent Behavior?" ReadWrite. N.p., 31 Dec. 2012. Web. 08 Nov. 2013.

A.                  The main point of this article was to show if this myth was actually true. They did experiments on certain types of video games, to see if it actually causes aggressiveness. The main experiment they tested was three video games that were called The Legend Of Zelda, Grand Theft Auto, and Missile Command. In the last section of the article, they said there is not enough evidence to make a conclusion if video games really cause violent behavior. I agree with this statement because people could react in different ways while playing violent video games. I chose this article because I’m going to compare different games that have violence and see how they change people’s attitude.

2.    DeNoon, Daniel J. "Do Video Games Really Spark Bad Behavior?" Fox News. FOX News Network, 19 Aug.           2005. Web. 08 Nov. 2013.

B.                  This article is a little similar to the article written by Cormac Foster. This article tells us readers that they tested the video game called Asheron’s Call 2 to see if causes a change in behavior as well.  As a result, it did show aggressiveness after a short-play. This proved to show that some video games do cause a change in behavior. They lastly tell us that most of the aggressiveness comes from the younger age group of kids such as 12 years old or younger. I chose this article because it caught my interest to see why violent video games cause more aggressiveness in young children.

3.    Keim, Brandon. "What Science Knows About Video Games and Violence." PBS. PBS, 28 Feb. 2013.      Web. 16 Nov. 2013.

C.                   This article summarizes the science behind the violence of video games. The more violent they are the more emotional changes will arise within children. This article is very interesting because it talks mostly about the first person shooter games. It says that it causes the most aggression within kids because of the gore and gameplay. I chose this article because I play first-person shooters and I can talk my experiences playing them.

4.    McGraw, Phil. "Dr. Phil.com - Advice - Children and Violent Video Games." Dr. Phil.com-Advice-      Children and Violent Video Games. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Nov. 2013.

D.                  This article written by Dr. Phil tells parents how they can prevent their children from getting aggressive when playing video games. They can limit their time so they don’t get very involved or not let them play violent video games in general. I chose this article because I’m going to explain how aggressiveness can be prevented within in children, so they can grow up to become better adults.