Violence in Video Games

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by Diane Marczely Gimpel

Violence in Video Games provides a balanced look at a hot-button topic. Discover the controversy over whether video game violence affects players and crime statistics, as well as the history of video games, ratings systems, and the First Amendment. Full-color photos, a glossary, an index, sidebars, primary source documents, and other creative content enhance the book. It also includes prompts and activities that directly engage students in developing the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills required by the Common Core standards. This well-researched title has a credentialed content consultant and aligns with Common Core and state standards. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Roza Rinaldi]

This was quite interesting but I think this book is supposed to be a teaching book at schools? I still read it anyway; I don’t think video games make people violent but fuel the violence of the mentally disturbed