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Public Values and How They Are Influenced by Special Interest Groups Regarding Video Game Violence

"numerous secrets hidden within this dark and intimidating game. And in an added twist, not only did combatants spew puddles...

Video Games and Social Responsibility

games are encouraging violent aggression in young people. Should video game designers act in a manner that is socially responsibl...

VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY - AN OVERVIEW

the 1977 launch of the Atari 2600 and its quaint two-dimensional game Pong, the demand really didnt take off until the late 1990s ...

Do Violent Video Games Encourage Violence Among Children

This paper reviews author Scott Shackford's defense of violent video games as published in the article Imaginary Guns Don't Kill P...

Home Video Game Industry Case Study

"take" was enough to convince him that he was on the right track. He was-it was the start of an entire industry. Bushnell talked ...

Violence and Video Games

top out at $500 million (Elmer-Dewitt, Dickerson and Jackson PG). "Mortal Kombat", one of the games which is considered more viol...

Reform of Congress?

interest groups, some of which are small in numbers, have become vocal and can capture the attention of the media with a proper "v...

What Influences Policy-Making

the family when there is an advance directive (Santo, 2010). It is the issue of ending ones life that causes great conflict. The g...

Defining And Identifying Problems/Opportunities Between The "Public's Interest" And The "Public's Best Interest"

commercial activities and examine the effect on the society around them. This is no easy task, since an activity that generates m...

U.S. Political Fragmentation

No words could ring truer. The divisions which exist are, in fact, of significant concern. These divisions, however, cannot be a...

Annotated Bibliography on Special Interest Tourism

This book is a comprehensive look at different types of special interest tourism (SIT). A goof introduction gives a strong overvie...

Children and Media Violence

games and the computer, it rises up between 35 and 55 hours a week (Gentile et al., 2004; 1235). Through this much media exposure ...

Effects of Video Games on American Culture

deviance, and personality disorders. Cultural attitudes are transferred from one generation to another, and the first generation...

The Election of Governmental Leaders in Canada

to convey the French language and the Catholic religion on the Native Americans. French Canadians have placed high value on their...

Ineffectiveness of Interest Groups

In four pages this paper discusses interest group ineffectiveness in a consideration of various case studies including 1980's Grou...

Special Needs' Child Journal Observation Overview

down, squishing them to form a fish face. All the children were participating except for Jack, who was staring at the ceiling, mo...

Violent Video Games: Who Takes Responsibility

This 4 page paper gives an answer to the question of who is responsible for violent video games. This paper includes the Supreme C...

Johnson: "Everything Bad Is Good for You"

when one is watching television rather than having any other experience" (Winn). But Johnson finds something of value in this expe...

Issues Pertaining to the Political System

party as an entity respectively. Political parties function to keep like-minded people together and have a sense of purpose, but m...

Special Interest Lobbying Groups and Guns

were sufficient to do so is not surprising nor it is unethical. Special interest groups fund organizations that promote their goa...

SWOT Analysis and Case Study of Video Concepts

the local market in Lexington would be too small to be able to support a local Blockbuster location. Nonetheless, Blockbuster bui...

Interest Groups in the United States: Are They Too Powerful?

(p. 80). Applying his checks and balances principle to interest groups, James Madison believed that there would be so man...

Social Work Practice and Theory

In addition, she makes the point that when considering any social phenomenon, there will invariably be a diversity of interpretati...

Modern Society and Desensitization

In 5 pages the cultural and social reasons why the increase in violent behavior has desensitized contemporary society particularly...

Process of Electing American Presidents

the Electoral Vote (which is formally ratified upon completion of the election). The problem is, however, that based on this syste...

Avatar Game Interaction

before going onto the next phase of the game, which may be a level of may be a new area or task. If we consider this in term of...

Women's Special Interest Groups in Canada

both an arduous and complicated process by which change occurs at a slow pace - even slower when the special interest group is sup...

Do interest groups enhance democratic government or undermine it?

of each system. The American colonies under British rule was an example of a unitary system of government where all political pow...

Legalizing Marijuana Compared to the Prohibition

Special interest groups and propaganda played a strong role in Prohibition and they have played a strong role in drug laws today, ...

Impact on Those Who Play Computer Games

There has been a debate about the impact of action and violent video and computer games on those who play them. This especially pe...