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Aug 5, 2019 · Trump attempted to link violent video games with the cause of a shooter’s actions after the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, in 2018. After the shooting, the President...
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Sep 16, 2019 · People are more likely to blame violent video games as a cause of school shootings by white perpetrators than by African American perpetrators, possibly because of racial stereotypes that associate minorities with violent crime.
Apr 13, 2023 · There is no evidence of a causal link between school shootings and video games, according to an array of studies, meta-analyses and psychology and sociology experts.
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Speculation regarding the potential link between violent video games and school shooting events is not limited to politicians and media ‘talking heads’. Indeed, several scholars have explicitly linked academic research on violent video games with school shooting incidents (Anderson, 2004; Anderson & Dill, 2000).
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Apr 13, 2023 · The claim: post implies school shootings are linked to violent video games. A March 29 Facebook post (direct link, archived link) shows a cartoon image of a boy playing a video game while two adults watch a news broadcast about a school massacre.
Jun 9, 2024 · In fact, the Secret Service’s report studying characteristics of school shooters showed that only 14 percent of school shooters enjoyed violent video games, compared to 70 percent of their...
Mar 10, 2018 · Video games rarely factor in the lives of mass school-shooting murderers. This week, the President of the United States played to this notion, tying video game violence to the recent...
