Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., advocated on behalf...
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., advocated on behalf of his Violent Content Research Act (S-134) Monday, during an event in Martinsburg, W. Va. “Our children are constantly bombarded with violent images on television and in movies and video…
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games,” Rockefeller said according to a news release. “We need to arm parents and other responsible adults with the best available information about violent media. We also need more answers about what this exposure is doing to kids’ impressionable minds and emotions, and I pledge to do everything possible to get those answers.” Rockefeller’s bill would direct the FTC and the FCC to work with the National Academy of Sciences to determine if violent programming and videogames have any harmful effects on children (CD Jan 28 p8).