FemiLab: Violence and video games and the Supreme Court

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just in time after the Supreme Court ruled it A Ok to sell violent video games to minors, a study that shows more ill effects on children.
Preschoolers who watch violent content or view television before bedtime have more sleep problems, according to a Pediatrics study.

Researchers assessed media usage and sleep habits among roughly 600 preschool-aged children via surveys and media diaries. They found that children who used television, computers, or video games after 7 p.m. reported more sleep issues (e.g., repeated night wakings, nightmares, daytime tiredness). Watching violent content any time of day also was associated with sleep problems.

Children with televisions in their bedrooms watched more violent content and were more likely to have sleep problems.
The authors conclude: "Pediatricians can advise parents to focus on reducing violent content and evening media use, which may be both more acceptable and feasible for families living in the digital age than focusing on a global reduction or elimination of media use. For families reluctant to change their child's media use, discussion about the impact on sleep may increase parental motivation."

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Now more on the SC ruling from Fox:
The court voted 7-2 against the law, with justices Clarence Thomas and Stephen Breyer dissenting.

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recently released "Duke Nukem Forever" earned widespread cries of sexism from gamers and women's rights-groups across the Internet when it was revealed the game would feature a "capture the babe mode," requiring gamers to abduct women and give them a "reassuring slap" if they freak out.

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The decision continued, "[T]he State wishes to create a wholly new category of content-based regulation that is permissible only for speech directed at children. That is unprecedented and mistaken."

California lawmakers passed the 2005 measure in an effort to help parents keep violent video games away from children, with the state citing studies showing a linkage between minors who play the games and later violent activities. The law was already invalidated by a pair of lower federal courts.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/27/supreme-court-to-rule-on-viole...

What an odd couple in dissent: Breyer and Thomas. I guess the ladies all think sexism sells.

Comments

killing prostitutes and

killing prostitutes and slapping women to "calm" them down. i can't help but wonder if it would be OK to lynch a black flash mob kid. pretty much think the supreme court would find that incendiary speech and limit THAT. women are so disposable.

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