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Jinhui Ren

Professor Cayanan

College Writing 1

18/11/19

Annotated Bibliography( Video games and tv violence)

Cerankosky, Weis. “Effects of Video-Game Ownership on Young Boys’ Academic and Behavioral Functioning: A Randomized, Controlled Study.” Psychological Science, vol. 21, no. 4, 2010, pp. 463-470.

This article explores how video games exert influence on the academic performance and behaviors of young children. Based on the controlled study, the boys who play games as the award get better academic performance and behavior better than those who own video games. The study illustrates that the video games impact the after-class activities as well as learning skills.

In this article, the controlled study lasts four months, and the results of this study is convincing. Besides, it provides practical suggestions for parents and teachers to pay attention to the influence of video games on the after-class activities. However, the boys’ behaviors are reported by parents and teachers, which should be examined carefully.

This article provides solid support to the influence of video games on children’s academic performances and behaviors, and the way the controlled study carried out shows the diversity of approaches to study the influence of video games.

Lieverman, Debra, Fisk, Biely. “Digital Games for Young Children Ages Three to Six: From Research to Design.” Computers in the Schools, vol. 26, no. 4, 2009. pp. 299-313.

This article researches how young children respond to video games. The effects of video games are assessed with the help of software that can trace different changes in children’s minds. According to this article, the data collected can serve to improve the design of video games. In this article, the children’s ages range from 3 to 6, which makes it easy to experiment. And the method applied to collect the data is advanced and useful, such as the recognition of facial expression change, and magnetic resonance image of the brain. Besides, it makes sense that video games should be well designed to improve their abilities.

This article provides evidence to my study of how video games impact young children. Besides, the data used in this paper can serve to provide specific data to support arguments in the research paper. Besides, the suggestions given in this article is practical and informative.

Wei, R. “Effects of Playing Violent Video games on Chinese Adolescents’ Pro-Violence Attitudes, Attitudes Toward Others, and Aggressive Behavior.” CyberPsychology & Behavior, vol. 10, no. 3, 2007, pp. 371-380.

This article focuses on the influence of violent video games on youth in China, which includes attitudes, and actual behaviors. According to this article, the analysis results show that the youth who have spend much more hours playing video games tend to have pro-violence attitudes.

In this article, the bivariate analysis works wells in finding the relationship between exposure to video games, attitudes toward violence and actual behaviors. Supported by the scientific method, the conclusion is convincing. Besides, it is worth noticing that the subject of this study are the youth from China.

The method applied in this article is inspiring and useful. And the variables used in the study will be important in the research paper. More importantly, the results provide solid evidence of the influence of video games on youth. In the research paper, it makes sense to take the attitudes toward violence into consideration.

Jinhui Ren

Professor Cayanan

College Writing 1

25/11/19

Annotated Bibliography( Video games and tv violence)

Shapiro, Jordan. “A Surprising New Study On How Video Games Impact Children.” Forbes, 27 Aug. 2014, https://www.forbes.com/sites/jordanshapiro/2014/08/27/a-surprising-new-study-on-how-video-games-impact-children/#cd9b4a975564. Accessed 19 Nov. 2019.

This article talks about that parents should rethink how to deal with the influence of video games on children’s behaviors. Because a study shows that video games are good for children just as other activities and parents should limit children's exposure to video games.

This article is published on Forbes which shows the arguments are checked. Besides, the study used in this article is accessible and a scientific study. More importantly, the arguments in this article are reasonable, and the suggestions given are helpful and practical.

This article put up new arguments to the influence of video games on children, and the examples are convincing and illustrate the impacts vividly. Besides, the suggestions put up in this article are practical and thought-provoking, which are beneficial to parents who have to deal with these problems.

“Video Games and Children: Playing with Violence.” American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 1 June 2015. https://www.aacap.org/aacap/families_and_youth/facts_for_families/fff-guide/Children-and-Video-Games-Playing-with-Violence-091.aspx. Accessed 19 Nov. 2019.

This article includes three parts. The first part tells the common themes and topics that video games have, some of the video games are not suitable for children. The second part shows the common influence of video games on children who involve video games excessively. The last part provides tips for parents on how to help children deal with video games properly.

In this article, common themes, problems, and practical tips are introduced. On the whole, this article is published on the website of AACAP which is an organization focusing on child and adolescent psychiatry. So the tips are professional. However, there are no specific examples to illustrate the common problems, which make it hard to get a good understanding of the problems comprehensively.

This article introduces the relationship between video games and children on the whole. The common problems listed in this article is helpful to put up more questions related to the research topic.