(Video Games)Second Part of Technology

My next step of my topic which is technology and the things related to it is to do my post about the impact of video games on children. I entered google and I put "children, “then it appeared several links and I put “Video games and children." This topic is related to technology so I wanted to know how this topic affects teenagers. Read the copy and paste to see some effects of video games.

“Some research suggests that playing video games may affect some children's
physical functioning. Effects range from triggering epileptic seizures to
causing heart rate and blood pressure changes. Serious adverse physical effects,
however, are transient or limited to a small number of players. Research has
also identified benefits associated with creative and prosocial uses of video
games, as in physical rehabilitation and oncology (Funk, 1993). Proponents
of video games suggest that they may be a friendly way of introducing children
to computers, and may increase children's hand-eye coordination and attention to
detail.”

In this page I learned that the rate of playing video games and watching television has doubled because following the statistics in 1967 the average of six-graders watching television per day was of 2.8 hours. And in the statistics of 1983 the average of six-graders was of 4.7 hours per day without counting the time they spent playing video games. This increase of rate can affect the children in health because maybe it can cause eye problems or problems to sleep because every body knows that sleeping has a huge influence in a kid’s growth.

Years ago seventh and eighth-graders had the chance to vote for their favorite video game category. The most voted category was of fantasy and violence which occupied 32% in the statistics. I also saw that that the second favorite category was of sports and other kinds of stuff that contained some violence. And this category occupied 29% in the statistics. The other 39% percent was divided into three categories, general entertainment theme, human violence, and educational content.
I also learned that there are more males that play video games than females.

I think that the rate of kids watching television and playing video games has increased because in the 1967 not so many people had a television so the one that had didn’t saw so much T.V because it did not have so many channels and sometimes the T.V didn’t worked. So when they made the voting in 1983 more people had more televisions at home and it worked better because of the advances of technology. I think that fantasy and violence was the favorite category of video games because when these kids were little maybe their parents saw with them Power Rangers or other T.V shows that contained guns and other stuff.

I also think that games with violence are the favorites of the children because they are full of entertainment and kids want to do all the things that appear in the movies and the television shows. Maybe the video games of sports are the second most favorite category because the children want to try to do the magic things that Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Messi, Maradona, and other awesome soccer players do with the ball. I think that boys play more video games than girls because they are more interested in guns and cars.

Well, I already finished another part of my Teen Life Project topic which are “The Effects of Video Games and Technology on Teenagers.” Now I a going to look or search about how does vide games affect children’s health and how does other technological advances affect teens in other ways.