Effect of Video Games on Children
Owing to the advent of digital media over the past few decades, technology has taken over many dimensions of the world and given the media a 360 degree turn by entirely switching the way it previously worked. The computer era not only changes the way transactions were done, documents were prepared, statistical tools were used and made the world global but it also changed the way sports and games were played. It converted the physical playground into a virtual one to quite a great extent and now, computer video games have become an increasingly important phenomenon of today for the entertainment of kids who now believe in virtual playgrounds (Anderson, Gentile, & Katherine E, 2007).
Cultural practice and social significance
Abstract
Introduced a few decades ago, video games have become wildly popular amongst young people. Generally, video games are regarded as a valuable source of entertainment for most young people. However, in the recent past, video games have come under severe scrutiny for the impact they have on children. In this text, I draft a follow-up email to a friend regarding an argument we had on the effects of video games on her son.