Teens and Video Games
Movies - Teens and Video Games
Here are a few videos that highlight some of the positives and negatives on the topic of teens and video games. The following videos were found on www.youtube.com.
- Breakthrough Video Game For Teens Helps Save Lives
- MediaLink (2007) states "More and more we're hearing about video games designed to help teens in a positive way. But for some, one video game could literally save their life.
A new video game called "Re-mission" is designed to give young cancer patients a sense of power and control over their disease. Rated T for teen, the 3D game is a 20 level journey through the bodies of fictional patients with different types of cancer. Players control a nanobot named Roxxi. The task? Blast cancer cells, battle bacterial infections, and manage realistic, life-threatening side effects.
But the game is more than a fun challenge. Studies show that young cancer patients who play the game are more likely to take their medicine, undergo needed therapy and understand their illness. That's because the game is geared to help teenagers better adhere to their cancer treatment and embrace vital behaviors to improve their health.
For more information on Re-Mission or to order a free copy of the game for a teen with cancer, log onto www.CIGNA.com/Re-mission."
- How Video Games Can Make Kids Better People
- DigitalJournal states "We all know kids play video games. But how much do they relax with console and PC games? Digital Journal TV examines a landmark report on what kids are playing, what benefits gaming offers, and why parents shouldn't be worried about teen gamers.
Digital Journal TV -- The stereotype of the loner gamer, disengaged from current events and shunning real-life friendships, is now old news thanks to a comprehensive report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Some unexpected facts pepper the report, which found that nearly every American teen has played video games on either a console or a PC.
The report found how teens enjoy video games: "Even when they are not playing games with others, teens talk and engage with others about games—by posting comments on discussion boards and websites or by writing reviews and walk-throughs that assist newcomers to a particular game by showing them how to play the game."
Many studies have shown a link between video games and violence, but the Pew survey aims to dispel some of the more media-friendly stereotypes about young gamers. Digital Journal TV highlights some of the key statistics, and we explain some of the positive influences gaming offers kids."
- The Game of Literacy
IVKingPin stated, "Are video games bad for us as the media tends to portray? Or are they something more than that, which actually teach young young adults, children, and teens, aiding us and shaping our minds into what they are today?
Here's a video i made for a project in one of my MSU classes last fall about how video games contribute the literacy (reading, writing, & comprehension skills) of young adults. I hope u all enjoy it as much as i enjoyed making it. I'm thinking of remaking it soon with better music, effects, pictures, and much more. MAYBEEE, lol.
TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK IN THE COMMENT SECTION! =D"
- How do video games affect behavior?
ChilderensHospital stated, "The growth of media has had an ever-expanding role in the lives of children, especially in terms of a child's physical and mental health. Here, Michael Rich, MD, MPH, director of the Center on Media and Child Health at Children's Hospital Boston, comments on media as a force that powerfully affects child development, health, and behavior. Paying particular attention to TV, movies, music, and video games, Rich offers perspective on common concerns over media and suggests ways to avoid the media's negative effects."
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