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Published by Michaelangelica 12-08-2007
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Violent TV, Games Pack A Powerful Public Health Threat
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ScienceDaily (Nov. 28, 2007) — Watching media violence significantly increases the risk that a viewer or video game player will behave aggressively in both the short and long term, according to a University of Michigan study published today in a special issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health.
Violent TV, Games Pack A Powerful Public Health Threat

My wife has always argued that violent TV and video games have a desensitising effect on people.

see also
Psychologists Produce First Study On Violence Desensitization From Video Games
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By billby on 12-08-2007
Re: Violent TV, Games Pack A Powerful Public Health Threat

as a gamer i'd agree with your wife, with reguards to desensitisation (don't even know if that's a word) but i don't see why that would make people more prone to commiting acts of violence
Last edited by billby; 12-08-2007 at 06:47 AM.
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