Topic Research

Quotes, which may be used within documentary:

“Violent games defined as those where players acted out killing, maiming, decapitating or mutilating of other human characters”. This gives us a clear definition of what a violent video game is; this may be used within the documentary so the target audience knows exactly what the documentary is focused on. By Sean Coughlan, BBC News education correspondent

“Violent video games weaken empathy for others”  - Brock University Academics

“Researchers warned of losing a sense of right and wrong” – Brock University

Academics

Both of these quotes taken from BBC website. Evidence for these quotes involve in-depth research into the behavior of about 100 teenagers where more than half played violent video games everyday. Most of which showed less of a sense of right and wrong and showed a lack of empathy towards other people.

“Those who play violent games act more aggressively” – Dr. Brad Bushman Professor of Communication and Psychology at Ohio State University taken from CNN

Violent video games strongly linked to several shootings and massacres in America including the Navy Yard shootings and the Sandy Hook shootings.

Taken from Mail Online