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Author: Andrea Norcia, college student writer

Title: The impact of Video Games on Children

Publisher/Site: http://www.pamf.org/preteen/parents/videogames.html

Public. Date: september, 2004

Access Date: march, 2007

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1. Relevance
How closely does the material address your research question? The material in this article takes a very close look of the impact that video games have on children. This article also looks at many different aspects about how a child is affected by video games.

Does it provide background or address a central issue? It adrresses the dominance of video games on certain children and in many cases how it can take over their lives.

Notes: The most widely used “positive” impact video games are said to have on children is that they may improve a player’s manual dexterity and computer literacy. Ever-improving technology also provides players with better graphics that give a more “realistic” virtual playing experience.

2. Evidence

Are the ideas and information presented persuasively, with support (i.e. strong argument, relevant facts)?

Is the presentation seemingly fair and informed with appropriate sources credited?

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3. Source

Who is the author? What “authority” or affiliation does he/she have? Does the style indicate reliability or biases?

Who is the publisher? What does this suggest about the purpose and trustworthiness of the material?

Notes:

Bushman, B. & Anderson, C. (2002). Violent Video Games and Hostile Expectations: A Test of the General Aggression Model. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 1679-1686.

Gentile, D. A. & Anderson, C. A. (2003). Violent video games: The newest media violence hazard. In D. A. Gentile (Ed.), Media violence and children. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishing.

Gentile, D. A., Lynch, P., Linder, J. & Walsh, D. (2004). The effects of violent video game habits on adolescent hostility, aggressive behaviors, and school performance. Journal of Adolescence, 27, 5-22.

Joint Statement on the Impact of Entertainment Violence on Children: Congressional Public Health Summit. (July 26, 2000.) Available: http://www.aap.org/advocacy/ releases/jstmtevc.htm, Accessed 9/2004

Walsh, D. (2000). Interactive violence and children: Testimony submitted to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate. (March 21, 2000.) Available: http://commerce.senate.gov/ hearings/0321wal1.pdf (Acrobat), Accessed 9/2004