How Do Violent Video Games Affect Our Society

Violent video games have been relevant in society for decades now, every year the question is raised that if violent video games are to blame for all the criminal behavior in modern day society. Many factors go into whether violent video games can really be made up to be a scapegoat for criminal behavior becoming more abundant in today's society but research from many sources has come to shed light on the matter and make sense of it all. The reasoning and deducing for thinking such negative effects can be inhibited on people is because everyone perceives violent video games differently and perspective comes in to play whether it's thinking violent video games are harmless or the thought that violent video games are corrupting modern day society and

"Whenever there is a mass shooting, it doesn't take long before pundits suggests violent video games might be to blame" (Casey, Michael). After the Sandy Hook Elementary School took place in 2012, accusations were put that violent video games could be to blame because the shooter, Adam Lanza, liked playing video games on his free time. Along with the Sandy Hook shooter, was also the two shooters of Columbine High School who enjoyed playing video games as well. This fact is what led to the assumption and "moral panic" that violent video games are starting to ruin modern day society and shouldn't be played by children or teenagers. Although, moral panic is a perspective of it all, there's always one person who's bound to think that something must have negative connotations to not cement the topic in pop culture. "Other examples of moral panic from history include rock and roll, comic books, radio television, cell phone usage, and social media" (www.ProCon.org). In result of these analyzations, the United States Supreme Court took executive orders to rule that that the