Skipper, B.
(2014, June A recent study shows that
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Help 'Increase Moral
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27). Violent video games
aren't connected to
shootings. Retrieved from
https://www.sbstatesman.
com/2019/10/27/violent-
I feel that across most of
violent video games can
lead to increased moral
sensitivity to acts of
violence in real life.
Matthew Grizzard, PhD,
clarifies that the study was
carried out by researchers
at the University of Texas
and Michigan State
University. He says that
this research shows that
violent video games do not
lead to players becoming
less moral. He also stated
that if anything players are
more inclined, “to engage
in voluntary behaviour that
benefits others.”
Researchers found that
after playing violent
games, subjects felt guilt,
especially towards
violence and justice.
Skipper wraps up the
article with a recollection
that video games have
been demonized since
their inception, noting
specifically the Columbine
Massacre in 1999.
Yan starts off his article by
citing the two most
popular scapegoats for
gun violence. These
scapegoats are mental
health, and of course,
these articles, Columbine
specifically has been
mentioned so many times
that it starts to lose
meaning. By the time I
have gone back to reread
this article again I have
heard it said that people
think Columbine was
caused by the videogame
Doom so many times I feel
less and less like that is
true. There were an
exorbitant amount of other
factors involved, media
wise or internally. That is
why I really appreciate that
this article only mentioned
the debate in passing.
One quote I felt the need
to pull was in the 9th
paragraph when Matthew
Grizzard states “[w]e found
that after a subject played
a violent video game, they
felt guilt and that guilt was
associated with greater
sensitivity toward the two
particular domains they
violated - those of
care/harm and
fairness/reciprocity.”
One quote I found to be
important was the last
paragraph, “Even the
excuse of mental health
fails to hold ground as the
American Public Health
video-games-arent- video games. The current
connected-to-shootings/ president has been
attributing video games to
the creation of “monsters”
since 2012. As with the
last article, this is
attributed in large part to
the connection of the
video game “Doom” to the
perpetrators of the
Columbine Massacre. In
an effort to make sense of
their son's heinous
actions, the parents of the
perpetrators demonized
video games and called for
research to be done into
their effects on teenage
psyche. These studies
have been split on their
effects.
Association published a
report that said only three
to five percent of violent
crimes in the U.S. are
performed by the mentally
ill.” Another important
quote I found was as
follows in the 10th
paragraph when Yan
states,“[b]ut the argument
falls apart when the
number of gun deaths is
actually compared to the
number of gamers.
According to the
Entertainment Software
Association, a trade
association that represents
American video game
developers, over 164
million Americans play
video games in 2019.
Statistics from 2018 show
that the European Union
(EU) has over 300 million
gamers.
But there have been over
40,000 reported gun-
related deaths in the U.S in
2019, compared to nearly
6,100 reported deaths in
the EU. Even with a total
population of roughly 1.6
times that of the U.S., the
EU has less than a fifth of
the gun-related deaths,
including suicides and gun
accidents but excluding
deaths during war. The
World Population Review
also states that the U.S. is
among the top six nations
 with mass shootings and
gun violence.”

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5). Video Games Aren't
Why Shootings Happen.
Politicians Still Blame
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2019/08/05/sports/trump-
violent-video-games-
studies.html

American Psychological
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http://www.apa.org/about/
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August 6). No, there’s still
no link between video
games and violence.
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world-nation/story/2019-
08-06/video-games-
violence-studies