Can violent and sexually-themed games be held responsible for the behavior of those who play them? Explain your answer.

I will have to say absolutely not. There is no way possible that the companies that come up with these games know that it will cause violence or anything. Now don’t get me wrong these games may contain graphic details of things children and teens don’t need to be looking at but that is where the parent fall into place. As stated in the text: “we try to make judgments on what the positive and negative impact of the games studied might be.” That being said parents are responsible for children under age and the teens that should know better are responsible for themselves. I mean really honestly, do people really blame the manufacturers of these games for the way some society is today? They only make what sells, in other words they keep up with what is popular. For example I stated before that my husband plays that Grand Theft Auto game and he has being playing it for years and there is nothing wrong with him. He hasn’t gone out a stole a car or beat up and killed someone. There is absolutely no way possible that they should be held responsible.

Reference: Campbell, R., Martin, C., & Fabos, B. (2010). Media and Culture: an introduction to mass communications.