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A recent study by Professor Rowell Huesmann of the University of Michigan has claimed that viewers of violent TV and video games are more susceptible to increased aggression, according to Science Daily . "Exposure to violent electronic media has a larger effect than all but one other well-known threat to …
Read More »Senator warns of killing-machine games
One of the most vocal critics of video games in North America, Senator Leland Yee, has issued a stark warning to parents concerning the purchasing of adult-themed games in the run-up to Christmas, Next-Gen reports. A statement from Yee’s office read: Unfortunately, some parents don’t realise that in many top …
Read More »Tanya Byron to speak at ELSPA forum
TV psychologist Dr Tanya Byron, author of the government’s recently announced Byron Report which will examine the availability of violent video games, is set to speak at the upcoming ELSPA Forum as part of the London Games Festival. Byron will discuss why the government called for the review, and the …
Read More »Tanya Byron to speak at ELSPA forum
TV psychologist Dr Tanya Byron, author of the government’s recently announced Byron Report which will examine the availability of violent video games, is set to speak at the upcoming ELSPA Forum as part of the London Games Festival. Byron will discuss why the government called for the review, and the …
Read More »Full details of Government games review unveiled
The UK Government has launched its official ‘call for evidence’ over the risks to young people from violent video games – and is asking you to help the inquiry. As reported by MCV last month, the research – which also looks at the availbility of ‘violent or pornographic’ material on …
Read More »Full details of Government games review unveiled
The UK Government has launched its official ‘call for evidence’ over the risks to young people from violent video games – and is asking you to help the inquiry. As reported by MCV last month, the research – which also looks at the availbility of ‘violent or pornographic’ material on …
Read More »Riccitiello tells TV industry: Youre just as violent as games
Chief executive of Electronic Arts John Riccitiello has told some of the most powerful luminaries in television that games are no more violent a media than TV programmes. Speaking in a presentation to the Royal Television Society’s Cambridge Convention, Riccitiello said video games were ‘unfairly demonised’ in the press for …
Read More »TV psychologist to head Government games inquiry
A television psychologist best known for her work on BBC TV’s The House Of Tiny Tearaways is to spearhead the Government’s review of the availability of violent video games. Dr. Tanya Byron will talk to both parents and the interactive entertainment industry before reporting her findings to the Department for …
Read More »We wont censor games, promises PM
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has given fresh details of his proposal to review the impact of entertainment media on UK children – and ruled out any plan to further censor the video games industry. Speaking at his second monthly press conference in Downing Street, Mr Brown unveiled plans for a …
Read More »Gordon Brown hits out at violent games
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has jumped two-footed into the debate on violent video games – promising to review new rules for the advertising and sale of software to children. According to the Daily Mirror, Brown said he was ‘aware of growing concern about the effect of screen violence on youngsters’, …
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