Some people believe that violence on television and in computer games has a damaging effect on the society. Others deny that these factors have any significant influence on people's behaviour. What is your opinion?

Why
games
should be considered dangerous? Most
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adult
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people
are those who are against computer
games
or violence on television, in spite of young
people
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used to
this
type of technology,
but
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not all is good.
First
, starting with
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adults
used to play in a different way,
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with us, two decades ago there are no cellphones, even around 80's started appearing the
first
televisions, that's why
the
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adults
used to play traditional
games
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marbles, with the "trompo" and they played hide and seek. So, when things advanced fast they couldn't understand many things, but they tried to adapt themselves, there's the problem
,
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since
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young
people
understand changes faster than
adults
.
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, companies, which develop apps or programs, took advantage of the situation advancing faster than
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past years, until appeared the smartphone, with a touch screen, in order to
games
and programs
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more possibilities talking about
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more interactive
games
. That's how young
people
were hooked and started the discussion, due to parents controlled more
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and
saw
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the type of
games
that they play, In conclusion, the game
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define
the
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children
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or young man
behavior
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, because as we are humans we know how
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reality from virtual
games
and
also
we can think
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is correct or incorrect, so
adults
emphasize when some children have mental problems thinking that the game was the reason, but that's not true.
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  • pivotal
  • desensitize
  • catalyst
  • predisposed
  • harmless outlet
  • distinguish
  • controlled environments
  • empirical research
  • minimal or no direct correlation
  • socio-economic status
  • predisposition
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