Annotated Bibliography

“Violent Video Games: More Playing Time Equals More Aggression.” The Ohio State University Research and Innovation Communications. 2012. Web. 5 May 2013. http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/violgametime.htm

This research is from The Ohio State University. This information is taken from volunteer students whom partake in a study of violent and nonviolent video Games. Researchers from Columbus, Ohio found that people who play violent games for three consecutive days has shown an increase in behavior attitude and become hostile. People that play nonviolent games remain neutral. Brad Bushman a professor of communication and psychology at the Ohio State University said “Although other experimental studies have shown that a single session of playing a violent video game increased short-term aggression, this is the first to show longer-term effects” Bushman’s theory of Video games compares with cigarette smoking. If you smoke one cigarette, you won’t get lung cancer. If you plan on smoking more a week to years to come, there’s a high risk you may get lung cancer. As for video games, if you play violent games within a period of week to years. There’s a significant change in aggression. I semi agree with Brad Bushman. When people play violent games and nonviolent games, it’s just the thrill of playing with other people or the computer game itself; people do show signs of aggression IN THE GAME, sometimes in life. It all depends how their day starts, and who acknowledges them. Violent and nonviolent games are not the cause of aggression overall.

“Violent Music Lyrics Increase Aggressive Thoughts and Feelings, According to New Study; Even Humorous Violent Songs Increase Hostile Feelings.” Science Daily. 3 May 2003. Web. 5 May 2013. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/05/030505084039.ht

                The article talks about thoughts of music and the increase of aggression. Iowa State University and the Texas Department of Human Services examine the effects of seven violent songs and eight nonviolent songs by seven artists to 500 volunteer college students. Those students had been instructed psychological tasks involving participants classifying words with nonaggressive and aggressive meanings. Craigs A. Anders Ph.D. of Iowa State University said "Aggressive thoughts can influence perceptions of ongoing social interactions, coloring them with an aggressive tint. Such aggression-biased interpretations can, in turn, instigate a more aggressive response -verbal or physical -- than would have been emitted in a nonbiased state, thus provoking an aggressive escalatory spiral of antisocial exchanges." I agree with what Mr. Anders had to say about violent music. Music today has lots of meanings to life or stories. Some music are agile to violence and some are prone to be mellow and soothing. Some violent music has pertain in violence in the real world. Some people whom listen to violent music show signs of violent aggression. In the other words, some violent music has no effect on another person. Violent music and nonviolent music may change a person’s attitude or may not but not all violent music can be aggressive to someone’s minds.