What is wrong with Fast Food?
Author: Edi Purwanto
Fast food has become popular with all ages around the world recently. For instance, people in the USA spend more money on fast food than on entertainment. This is because chemists in large food companies make the flavour of fast food appealing by using a mixture of chemicals which influence flavours and smells as well as salt, sugar and fat. As Americans spend more money on fast food, almost 66% of them have become overweight, and annually, 300,000 of Americans die because of obesity(Manufacturing Fast Food Addiction 2007).Moreover, scientists claim that fast food could be as addictive as heroin, and people can be very dependent on sugar and fat. Experts have done a lot of research into whether fast foods are unhealthy for people(Fast food 'as addictive as heroin 2003). Although some studies of fast food are flawed, the majority of studies support the idea that fast food has some problems. As a result, fast food companies should be responsible for promoting such a product. read more...
Video Games
Are Violent Video Games Harmful
to Children?
Author: Edi Purwanto
Author: Edi Purwanto
In 1980s, electronic video games have begun a popular form of entertainment.
This has resulted in the
increasing of video games company sales every
year since 1985; in present time, the sale was 10 billion a year (Vessey & Lee 2000, p. 607). During this time, the increasing of
computer technology has made video games performance become more attractive,
realistic and interactive (Muir 2004, p. 26). Video games contain educational, non-violent
strategy, and sports (Anderson and Bushman 2001). In facts, the majority of video games content was
violence which is becoming children’s favourite (Vessey & Lee 2000, p. 607). Anderson and Gentile study shows that boys spend 8
hours to play video games longer than girls who play only 5 hours per week. In addition, psychologists state that the number of children’s aggression increase; they argue that it
could be caused by violent video games (cited in American Psychological Association
2004). Accordingly, adults, parents, teachers are worried about the negative
effects of violent video games. While
there is a small number of a study on TV and movies, a large number of evidence
that violent video games has even greater effects on children's aggression
(Vessey & Lee 2000, p. 607). Although some evidence of effects violent
video games are flawed, the majority of studies support that violent video
games contribute to children having more aggressive
behaviour, thought, feeling, and less pro-social behaviour because of the
games reward violent behaviour As a result, children keep repeating these
violent behaviours as they play. read more...
