I like that the only age category where more people said 'No' than 'Yes' was 65+.<br><br>Interesting data indeed.<br><br>S<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Cameron Royal <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cameron@sandboxsoftware.net">cameron@sandboxsoftware.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Was just forwarded this press release from a friend of mine - the introduction of an R18 classification will be discussed next week at an attorney general meeting.<div>
<br></div><div>The survey figures are pretty interesting:</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/rwpattach.nsf/VAP/%283A6790B96C927794AF1031D9395C5C20%29%7ER+18plus+status+report.pdf/$file/R+18plus+status+report.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/rwpattach.nsf/VAP/(3A6790B96C927794AF1031D9395C5C20)~R+18plus+status+report.pdf/$file/R+18plus+status+report.pdf</a></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 15pt;">R18+ computer game classification review released</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">Minister for Home Affairs and Justice Brendan Connor today released a review of existing research into whether people who play violent computer games are at greater risk of being aggressive.</p>
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This analysis of the available literature shows that:</p><ul style="margin-top: 0cm; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px;">
there is no conclusive evidence that violent computer games have a greater impact on players than other violent media, such as movies or music videos</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px;">
there is stronger evidence of short-term effects from violent computer games, than long-term effects</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px;">some research finds that violent computer games are a small risk factor in aggressive behaviour over the short term, but these studies do not thoroughly explore other factors such as aggressive personality, family and peer influence and socio-economic status.</li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">The introduction of an R18+ classification for video games will be discussed at the Standing Committee of AttorneGeneral meeting in Canberra on Friday 10 December.</p>
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The literature review is available at <a href="http://www.ag.gov.au/gamesclassification" style="color: rgb(6, 88, 181);" target="_blank">www.ag.gov.au/gamesclassification</a></p><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">
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