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This week we looked at the different forms of entertainment in Chapter 9 of our textbook. Of course there is the obvious forms such as music, movie, television shows, along with some in person entertainment such as plays and sporting events (at the venue). In the past fifteen years, the video game industry has taken off as one of the leader in entertainment. There is controversy, however, on whether or not video games are causing mental issues among the public. There is a general ratings system put in place to censor some violent/shooter games from children to prevent this, but games are protected by the first amendment like any other form of expression. The controversy is so large that I have decided to do some extra research on this topic in the form of my research paper for this, Mass Media Issues, class. Honestly, I don't think video games have that huge of an impact on the way people act in the real world especially violently. With my research I hope to prove that video games are not causing violent behaviors. Other psychological issues could have easily impacted decisions of violent individuals way before they picked up a video game controller.
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