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Do Violent Video Games Contribute to Youth Violence?
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Studies claiming a causal link between video game violence and real life violence are flawed.
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Violent video games provide opportunities for children to explore consequences of violent actions, d
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Violent video game players know the difference between virtual violence in the context of a game and
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Many risk factors are associated with youth violence, but video games are not among them.
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Studies have shown that violent video games can have a positive effect on kindness, civic engagement
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As sales of violent video games have significantly increased, violent juvenile crime rates have sign
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Simple statistics do not support the claim that violent video games cause mass shootings or other vi
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Violent video games are a convenient scapegoat for those who would rather not deal with the actual c
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Studies have shown violent video games may cause aggression, not violence. Further, any competitive
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The US military uses violent video games to train soldiers to kill.
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Violent video games reinforce fighting as a means of dealing with conflict by rewarding the use of v
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Video games that portray violence against women lead to more harmful attitudes and sexually violent
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Exposure to violent video games is linked to lower empathy and decreased kindness.
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By inhabiting violent characters in video games, children are more likely to imitate the behaviors o
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Violent video games desensitize players to real-life violence.
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Many perpetrators of mass shootings played violent video games.
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Simulating violence such as shooting guns and hand-to-hand combat in video games can cause real-life
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Playing violent video games causes more aggression, bullying, and fighting.