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?

There has been an assumption claiming that some scenes on television or in computer
games
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would trigger several detrimental effects
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our society,
others
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are adamant that it does not bring any remarkable influence. While many rationales are given behind
this
proposal, I suppose that
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have
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own merits and demerits and I would like to
further
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my essay.
To begin
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primary reason which makes
mostly
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people
conclude like the
first
statement is that these kinds of films or
games
can create some enthusiasm feeling making
people
easily get addicted, which prevents them from performing well
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their study or work and later ruin their future as a consequence .
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unhealthy activities, it would spell out
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many troubles. One of the problems is that they would think what the characters did is cool and start to imitate them, which greatly
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their lifestyle after.
However
,
people
who stand for the other side
also
have their own justification. Apparently,
people
who
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these kinds of content must
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be
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mature
both
of
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physical
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and
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and
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it is challenging to link them to the illicit
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that flow from virtual life into the actual world. The majority of
people
in
this
age group only watch
this
for enjoyment after successfully fleeing from
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or studies, or simply out of curiosity. The fact that individuals often behave according to their motivations rather than in response to
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movie or video game sequences is another important consideration.
People
with a good or enough educational background would already know what to do and what not to do, and those who are the opposite would maintain their initial goals.
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everything into consideration, even if
both
sides have their advantages, I think that the violence depicted on television or in video
games
won't have a significant impact on the future generation. Their living situation and parents had the most impact on them. Without watching violent movies or playing violent video
games
, they are likely to develop like
such
if they live with an aggressive couple and several misbehaving children.
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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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