Myth 8. Unrealistic video game violence is completely safe for adolescents and older youths. Facts: Cartoonish and fantasy violence is often perceived (incorrectly) by parents and public policy makers as safe even for children.
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"One major concern is the active nature of the learning environment of the video game," say the authors. "This medium is potentially more dangerous than exposure to violent television and movies, which are known to have substantial effects on aggression and violence."
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www.apa.org/releases/videogames.html
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Video Games children -rating games, effects of violence, impact of games in general. ... Video Game Use by Children; Rating Video Game Violence; Effects of Violence in Video Games; Effects of Other Characteristics of Video Games; Conclusion; For More Information;
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www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/video.games.html
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This Web activity asks you to examine the depiction of violence in a medium at the boundary between the arts and popular culture. As part of the activity, you will see controversial images related to this question.
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/provocations/videogames/w...
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Violence is intrinsic to many, many games. Even as abstract a game as chess can be seen as a form of military conflict. ... Where does violence come into the picture? Violence is an easy out. It's the simplest, most obvious way to make a game a struggle. If achieving your goal requires you to get through a horde of...
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www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/06/21/game_violence/ind...
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Of course, the main reason for investigation in the video game violence scam has been to "protect our children." The same excuse that is destroying the underground music industry with labeling and black-balling is being applied to the video game sub-culture.
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The ESA has a whole section of its Web site dedicated to the topic of video game violence, which would suggest that they get asked about it — a lot. ... Increasingly parents are more accepting of video game violence, chalking it up to being a part of growing up.
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www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16099971/
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I mean it's one thing to play the "video game violence" with a child who's done something "horrific", but the VT killer was far from a child at this point and it BS to assume any kind of media violence really drove him to do such things.
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Will Dr. Phil be nasty or nice to video games? GamePolitics has learned that the popular TV shrink is taping an episode about game violence on Thursday.
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That is the fundamental point where this extends beyond a war on video game violence and becomes a war on our very freedom as American people. "There's going to be a Columbine-like incident, maybe to the factor of ten, down the road.
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