MDSB61H3 Chapter : mdsb61.issue5.docx
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Issue 5: do video games encourage violent behavior: younger users are assumed to have a lesser sense of moral responsibility abt the relationship of media content and reality & thus more vulnerable to the effects. Violent games are popular bc it gives players a lot of power and feelings of competence, not only bc they contain violence. No: henry jenkins | reality bytes: eight myths about video games debunked. The availability of video games has led to an epidemic of youth violence. Scientific evidence links violent game play with youth aggression: aggressive ppl like aggressive entertainment (it"s a correlation, not a causation, video games are not the primary factor that turn a normal person into a killer. Children are the primary market for video games. Video games are not a meaningful form of expression.
