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Violent Video Games as Scapegoat After School Shootings in the United States

Violent Video Games as Scapegoat After School Shootings in the United States

Allen Copenhaver
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781799801139|ISBN10: 1799801136|EISBN13: 9781799801146
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0113-9.ch014
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Copenhaver, Allen. "Violent Video Games as Scapegoat After School Shootings in the United States." Handbook of Research on Mass Shootings and Multiple Victim Violence, edited by Gordon A. Crews, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 243-266. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0113-9.ch014

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Copenhaver, A. (2020). Violent Video Games as Scapegoat After School Shootings in the United States. In G. Crews (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Mass Shootings and Multiple Victim Violence (pp. 243-266). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0113-9.ch014

Chicago

Copenhaver, Allen. "Violent Video Games as Scapegoat After School Shootings in the United States." In Handbook of Research on Mass Shootings and Multiple Victim Violence, edited by Gordon A. Crews, 243-266. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0113-9.ch014

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Abstract

The United States has a well-documented history of violence. School shootings are a contemporary social problem which raise much concern, as children and young adults are killed on school grounds. After such tragic events there is public debate as to what causes such horrible events to occur. When looking for a source of such shootings, violent video games are often named as a source of such unconscionable violence. However, it is argued here that blaming violent video games constitutes a moral panic when violent video games are unfairly scapegoated as the source of school shootings. This chapter also points to other sources of violence which may be identified as potential causes of school shootings once the scapegoating of violent video games is acknowledged.

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