TSHP213: Do films and games make us violent?

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Films and television have been around a while. Games, not so much. Do either have an impact on how we act in real life? Sean and Ed take a look at the evidence in this weeks episode…

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• Sean wrote a blog post on this subject. Have a read…
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• Watching violent films does make us aggressive
• More research on violent media
• … and a bit more from the BBC

• Sean found some great resources over at Common Sense Media
• Ed went out on a limb and thought you might like to give Grand Theft Auto 5 a whirl.

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