A visual on the site mediaviolence.org depicts a young boy enveloped in his video game overlaid with text stating the top games of 2011. This visual makes a powerful statement about how realistic and lifelike people can think video games are. The central image is merely a child playing video games, but after listing the top games of 2011, all with violent titles, the image suggests that children are being directly affected by this form of entertainment.
This visual is effective because, for those with little background knowledge of video games, the message might be easily perceived to establish a direct relationship between playing violent video games and the likelihood of children growing up with a violent mindset. Too many people are easily convinced that the truth is that more violent media corresponds with more violent mass shootings. However, these speculations can easily be refuted by facts.
As demonstrated in the graph above, the amount of violent crime per capita decreases even with the larger amount of violent video games available for consumption. Often times, people make the point that becoming desensitized to violence is a bad thing. I would argue against that point. Desensitization to violence is critical to survival in the real world, because violence happens all around us, every day. If we all live in a make-believe, fairy-tale land, then the first time we would be introduced to any real-life violence, we wouldn't know how to react and everything would fall apart.
For further reading:
mediaviolence.org
ojp.usdoj.gov
For further reading:
mediaviolence.org
ojp.usdoj.gov
I like the fact that the images correspond with the facts that you have laid out, and also the facts that you have used and quoted. I would suggest making it better by extending on what you have written, because in my opinion it seems a little too short. On the bright side it is easier for readers to get to the point right away, but at the same time because of it's length it takes out most of the fun on this topic.
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