In what I consider a waste of time and money, the U.S. Senate has decided to study the effects of gaming on children. Now, considering that videogames have been available to the general population for over twenty years, and that an entire generation has already grown up with them, they've become the scapegoat for all the problems of the United States by an older generation that didn't have them.
My own personal opinion is that the effects of media are many, and that while some of them are positive, some of them are negative too; the way it would be with any other "groupthink" device, such as a religion, a philosophy or a book.
Media has the ability to control the thoughts of people, and to educate (or mis-educate) the population. Is it any wonder why politicians are suddenly so concerned about media having an influence, given their current lack of control of the media?
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