keywords: Violent Video Games
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 20 February 2012
3 Comments
Opponents of the government's proposed R18+ video game classification argue that playing violent video games leads to violent behaviour. But researchers have found mental health to be a more reliable predictor of negative outcomes.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Neve Mahoney
- 22 February 2018
11 Comments
Many films and TV shows use mental illness to explain violent behaviour. The stereotype is so ingrained that after the recent Florida shooting, Trump said he would deal with 'the difficult issue of mental health', but didn't mention guns once. In reality, people with mental illness are more likely to be the victims than perpetrators of violence.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Barry Gittins
- 10 July 2015
8 Comments
Fielding questions about the latest shark attack or car crash, or government culling of charities, is relatively straightforward. But not the horrific patricide committed by Cy Walsh, son of Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh, and the wounding of his wife Meredith. It baffled my family and I couldn’t come close to explaining it.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 17 December 2012
3 Comments
Browsing the highlights and lowlights of the year, media treatment of vulnerable people has been a constant. The regrettable circumstances surrounding the suicide of nurse Jacintha Saldanha come to mind, but there are surprising moments when journalists have distinguished themselves with investigative reporting for the common good.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 24 September 2009
7 Comments
Stabbings, bashings and glassings are much reported and much deplored. Now the violent video game Left 4 Dead 2 has been banned.
Violence goes with being human. It may be avoidable, but it is not likely to be avoided.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 11 September 2008
3 Comments
The previous films of director Michael Haneke depict a media-saturated society disconnected from reality. His latest release is a critique of 'violence as entertainment', and every audience member is implicated.
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AUSTRALIA
- Carol Ransley & Toe Zaw Latt
- 17 October 2007
A new generation of young activists was born on the streets of Rangoon last month. The war being raged by the Burmese military against its own people has faded from the international headlines, but Burmese young people from all walks of life continue to step up their non-violent resistance campaign.
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