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​Teaching Us to Fear: The Violent Video Game Moral Panic and the Politics of Game Research

​By Mwansa

​Summary...

Argument and Key Findings...

+Argument: that video games do not lead to real-world violence

+Scholars have examined all the research done on video games and aggression and found that only 0.4-2.3% of the variation in minor forms of aggression can be explained by violent games

+Politicians use moral panic from the public to help court votes for their elections

Do you believe video games cause increased aggression in children?

​Discussion...

Discussion

​Q2

In the article it mentions "If an African American youth, like Dunlap commits a horrific act of violence, it is because he is full of rage or hatred, but when a "nice" white kid shoots up a school, he must have been brainwashed or under the influence of something outside of himself -- something like video games.

+What do you guys think about this statement?

+Do you think it's possible for video games to incite school shootings?

Extra Questions...

What outside factors may be correlated to aggressive tendencies?