Although its understandable that videogame media can have positive effects on helping children understand stereotypes and serious social and violent issues, there are also many video games which happen to encourage violence and stereotypes. The video game Grand Theft Auto has had various legal court trials where adolescents have committed violent acts which have been linked to playing this sort of interactive media.
While the positive interactive media may help a portion of adolescents I feel popular video games such as GTA which sells over 70 million copies may affect more adolescents and happens to reverse the affects of positive interactive online media games. For more information regarding Grand Theft Auto and its controversy and particular negative affects on children, here is an interesting blog which goes into more dept about video game psychological effects on adolescents.
http://startthinkingright.wordpress.com/category/grand-theft-auto/
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