Are Kids afected buy TV and vidio game violence?

some people may argue "violence on tv affects our minds, therefore making us more violent?" Any thoughts or questions...

it depends a lot on their age and how mature they are. I play call of duty way to much but i am not going to go and hold up a happy mart because of it. It depends on how seriously they take it.

dirtdivr wrote: it depends a lot on their age and how mature they are. I play call of duty way to much but i am not going to go and hold up a happy mart because of it. It depends on how seriously they take it.

I agree that playing Call of duty is not going to make you go hold up a happy mart or become a serial killer but i would argue that most people who play video games or watch TV do not take is seriously enough.

TV and video games do tend to portray killing as trivial. And some games out there do encourage brutal killing but even with that if your going to go kill somebody its because you have other problems not because you saw it on tv and wanted to try it

It depends a lot of what game it is. I will be honest GTA looks like it will be fun but that doesnt mean i will go do the same things that are done in the game