Articles 1-3 Bailey Linebaugh

Bailey Linebaugh 

Summary: what were their main ideas? How did they structure their essay? What type of evidence did they present?
Reaction: which author did you find most convincing and why? What did you learn that you didn’t know? Which lines up closest to your own beliefs? Did your beliefs or understanding of the topic change at all?

Article 1: 

The main focal points of the first article, was primarily focused on how the violence in video games affect the violence in people. The study was trying to show that the more a teen played violent video games but the more the outcome of that teen becoming violent.  This article structured its essay by simply giving evidence such as the studies whether they be correlational or experimental, and specific details on viewpoints and theories.

I’ve always heard of theories like this, and was always told by my parents that playing outside is better than sitting in front of a TV playing video games and this article just makes me further my strong opinion on such exposure to children of such video games. I was raised on a farm and never once played a video game and neither did any of my brothers, whereas I had people I knew in high school that rarely left their bedroom and were very quiet and sometimes even rude to others, and it makes me question whether to link the violent video games to those people. I think that such video games are not meant for children's eyes, especially at a young age, because kids are still developing and learning through observational learning, and the more they see something and see that they get rewarded for it, the more they do it. The more kids watch violence take place in video games and that character gets rewarded for it, the child can potentially act upon those actions. Those are just some of my opinions and beliefs, and not all video games cause this, and not all people act like this, which I understand completely.

Article 2:

This article talks mainly about producers making violent movies and their viewpoints on their works and other producers works. They were more focused on the way they present their violent movies or films and debating whether or not violence in the media is linked to aggression in behavior. It wasn't necessarily about studies on whether or not that argument was true, but hearing different sides of the producers stories behind the makings of their films and personal beliefs. I am still stuck on my opinion that kids shouldnt be allowed to watch violent movies when they are younger, but when they are old enough they should know the difference between what is real and what is not. Now I do believe that there is a huge difference between different violent films, war films are more true story based and are meant for viewers to see the real violence in war and the heroes that have fought for our country, not that isnt always hard to watch, but some films are just films that we question "who would ever come with this stuff", violence that is disturbing to watch and that are pointless to even watch. But these producers do have some interesting viewpoints in why they do what they do and this article made me learn the reasoning to why some producers make violent films and why some are against. 

Article 3:

This article was probably the most interesting out all of 3 of them. Even though I would never in a million years agree with Marilyn Manson but a viewpoint he had about the media and entertainment I can relate to.He talked about how the media has given kids no world to see and that everything is publicized and turned into something people just watch. I am a strong christian so I have no comment to the opinions he had on christianity because that will be a whole other paragraph but I do agree that entertainment is ripping this world to shreds. When I was a kid we didnt have iphones, instagram, twitter, ipads, all of the technology that we have now, we didnt have that. And to be honest, life was really good. But now that im getting older im starting to realize what the media has done to this world, and how much chaos it has caused, and how much disturbance it has done to people. This article was the most intersting to read, even if it was from an interesting man. It made me learn more about his inner beliefs and his eyes on the world and what its turning into, it was different than any of the other two articles.