A husband and wife team from Harvard released a book last April that attempts to erase some years old concerns about violent video games' effect on the psyche of children. The book "Grand theft Childhood : The Surprising Truth About Video Games and What Parents cans Do" was the result of a two years study conducted by Lawrence Kutner and Cheryl Olson. The dou claimed to have spent two years with more than 1,200 junior high-aged students actually, uhm, talking to them. Their study also found that M-rated games are also popular with girls. The actually is trying to say that there is no data to support the simple-minded concerns that video games cause violence. But one gets to doubt the book when one knows that Grand Theft Auto IV was released shortly after the book was released.Grand Theft Childhood : Video Games Don't Breed Killers
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
A husband and wife team from Harvard released a book last April that attempts to erase some years old concerns about violent video games' effect on the psyche of children. The book "Grand theft Childhood : The Surprising Truth About Video Games and What Parents cans Do" was the result of a two years study conducted by Lawrence Kutner and Cheryl Olson. The dou claimed to have spent two years with more than 1,200 junior high-aged students actually, uhm, talking to them. Their study also found that M-rated games are also popular with girls. The actually is trying to say that there is no data to support the simple-minded concerns that video games cause violence. But one gets to doubt the book when one knows that Grand Theft Auto IV was released shortly after the book was released.
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