Video Games and Music

My Inquiry project will be on the effect of violent video games and music on student behavior, more specifically if there is a negative impact. I have been exposed to violent media since I was very young. When I was in the 4th grade, I was already playing Doom and Castle Wolfenstein, the two most violent video games out at the time. Personally, I think that they do not have a negative impact, because my exposure did not make me more violent I don't think. I never did anything malicious towards anyone, and I am an all around peaceful person. It has always made me mad to see Dr Dre and Doom get blamed for causing a school shooting, because to me that is just ridiculous. On the other hand, most of my sources support the argument that violent video games and music do have a negative impact on students, and that they are in fact to blame for the rise in violent student behavior. I need to do my own research when I observe a classroom, because just seeing who owns what type of violent media will give me insight into what kind of affect it really has on a student.