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Don’t blame videogames for real world violence

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Chronicle of Higher Education

Even though we know little, and despite an absence of research, a number of scholars have drawn direct links between video games and the Sandy Hook tragedy. To be sure, some scholars continue to be voices of reason. Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple, reminds us that social science has little to offer on questions of societal violence. And the APA itself has generally been cautious thus far in its approach to Sandy Hook.