The Entertainment Software Association sought to distance itself, in a...
The Entertainment Software Association sought to distance itself, in a news release Wednesday, from the elementary school shootings in Newtown, Conn., and subsequent legislation proposed by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., to study the impact of videogame violence…
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on children. The group, which represents videogame companies, said any study into the connection between the shootings and videogame violence must include the “years of extensive research that has shown no connection between entertainment and real life violence.” Rockefeller’s legislation aims to evaluate whether violent videogames and violent video programming cause children to act aggressively, has a disproportionately harmful effect on children prone to aggressive behavior, and has a direct and long-lasting impact on a child’s well-being, among other provisions (CD Dec 20 p15). Separately, a spokesman for the NAB said that, “given the events of the last week, a scientific study (as suggested in the Rockefeller bill) is appropriate.”