Friday, 14 March 2008

History of effects of violent games

Barrat, D. (1994) Media Sociology. Tavistock Publication Ltd.

Seduction of the innocent

Youth 'killed after a video game session'
(Daily Mail headline. 6 July, 1983

Cruel movies fan hacks 4 to death
(Daily Mail headline, 7 July, 1983

Ban video sadism now
(Daily Mail headline, 1 July, 1983

This shows that the affects of violent games isn't a recent subject, it has been happening since 1980's when video games first began to come out.  

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