The Impacts of Computer Games

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Annotated Bibliography: The Positive & Negative Impacts of Computer Games
BIBLIOGRAPHY \l 1033 Sălceanua, C. (2014). The Influence of Computer Games on Children’s Development. Exploratory Study on the Attitudes of Parents. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 149, 837 – 841.
The author is a professor in the School of Computing at the University of Constanta where he lectures. He has vast experience in human-computer interaction and the authorship of this journal; he primarily focused on the impact of computer games on children’s development. He found that about a third of children may access a computer anytime they want and they use computers mostly for games. There is minimal parental supervision, and nearly a third of the respondents reported that the children could use the computer for more than 3-4 hours in a day every day. They pointed out the biggest benefits of allowing children to play computer games is because they believed it aided in creativity and developed the cognitive ability of the child. Biggest disadvantage they reported was sight agitation and lack of physical development.
This article would help in analyzing the perception of parents towards video games and what interventions could be instituted to help parents instill responsible use of computers to their children. The article highlights the role of parents in determining the influence of video games on their children.
Anderson, C., & Bushman, B. (2001). Effects of Violent Video Games on Aggressive Behavior, Aggressive Cognition, Aggressive Affect, Physiological Arousal, and Prosocial Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Scientific Literature. Psychological Science, 12(5), 353-359. Retrieved from /stable/40063648
Anderson and Bushman are senior lecturers in the Department of Psychology at the University of Iowa. The authors conducted secondary research based on existing scientific literature to ascertain whether there is evidence to suggest that violent video games hurt the players. They hypothesized that violent video games indeed prompt the players to express aggressive behavior and have poor social skills. From their laboratory research experiment, the hypotheses were validated that violent video games prompted aggressive behavior and reduced prosocial behavior. Thus, children and young adults who play these games are likely to be violent and have poor social skills.
This article would be important in the writing of the research paper because the findings of the researchers assert that video games influence the players. Since it is an article authored based on secondary research, it also points to other primary research articles that show that computer games affect the players.
Coyne, S., Busby, D., Bushman, B., Gentile, D., Ridge, R., & Stockdale, L. (2012). Gaming in the Game of Love: Effects of Video Games on Conflict in Couples. Family Relations, 61(3), 388-396. Retrieved from /stable/41495217
In this article authored and reviewed by five scholars from Brigham University and Iowa State University sought to establish whether video games had adverse effects on adults in relationships. The research was pegged on married heterosexual couples, and a s...