So I found on an article about how media and video games were
blamed for real-life problems like the Sandy Hook
Elementary School massacre. In the article, it briefly talks about
how Dr. Chris Ferguson, an associate professor of psychology at Texas A&M
International University, conducted a series of multi-year studies on 11 to 18
years old kids to find out if violent video games affect their psyches. In his
conclusion, he found no evidences that video games had connections to violent
behavior. Also the article talks about how comics and rock music were blamed in
the past for the violent behavior as well and how it's become easy for the new
generations to blame violent behavior on these things. My opinion on this topic
is that it is easy to blame these types of mass media on these violent acts when
probably there are parents/ guardians who don't want to take the blame for it themselves.
I like how it connects back to comic books and rock music; new media always get blamed.
ReplyDeleteIt's easy to blame society for people's problems. No one wants to accept responsibility for their own failures.
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