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WHAT’S IN A GAME? REGULATION OF VIOLENT

 

VIDEO GAMES AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT

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Brownback, Hon. Sam, a U.S. Senator from the State of Kansas.......................1Feingold, Hon. Russell D., a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin.............3Kohl, Hon. Herbert, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin, prepared statement..............................................................................................................138WITNESSES Bickham, David S., Research Scientist, Center on Media and Child Health, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts.........................................12Carll, Elizabeth K., Chair, Interactive Media Committee, Media Psychology Division, American Psychological Association, Long Island, New York..........7Johnson, Hon. Jeff, Assistant Majority Leader, Minnesota House of Rep-resentatives, Plymouth, Minnesota....................................................................23Saunders, Kevin W., Professor of Law, Michigan State University, East Lan-sing, Michigan......................................................................................................29Smith, Paul M., Jenner and Block LLP, Washington, D.C..................................27Strickland, Steve, Reverend, Fayette County, Alabama......................................5 Vance, Patricia E., President, Entertainment Software Rating Board, New  York, New York....................................................................................................22Williams, Dmitri, Assistant Professor, Department of Speech Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois........................10SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD  American Center for Law & Justice, Jay A. Sekulow, Esq., Chief Counsel, Stuart J. Roth, Esq., Senior Counsel, Colby M. May, Esq., Director, Wash-ington Office, and Erik Zimmerman, Law Clerk, Washington, D.C., state-ment......................................................................................................................37 Andersen, Crossan R., President, Video Software Dealers Association, Encino, California, statement...........................................................................................57Bach, Robert J., President, Entertainment and Devices Division, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington, statement................................................64Bickham, David S., Research Scientist, Center on Media and Child Health, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, statement......................66Calvert, Clay, Associate Professor of Communications and Law, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, statement...............................72Carll, Elizabeth K., Chair, Interactive Media Committee, Media Psychology Division, American Psychological Association, Long Island, New York, state-ment and attachments.........................................................................................79Florida Police Chiefs Association, Tallahassee, Florida, resolution....................91Fraternal Order of Police, Mark Koch, President, Pensylvania State Lodge, Games and youth violence—independent research findings ignored by APA, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, letter........................................................................92Gee, James Paul, Tashia Morgridge Professor of Reading, University of Wis-consin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, statement..............................................100Goldstein, Jeffrey H., Department of Social & Organizational Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, statement..............................................110Horowitz, David, Executive Director of the Media Coalition, statement............127Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association, Hal Halpin, President, Wil-ton, Connecticut, statement................................................................................132Johnson, Hon. Jeff, Assistant Majority Leader, Minnesota House of Rep-resentatives, Plymouth, Minnesota, statement.................................................135

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