A critical miss: Video games, violence, and ineffective legislation

First Amendment Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 110-130

  Dillio, Richard ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; First Amendment; Legislation; Moral Panic; Video Games

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015553613     PISSN: 21689725     EISSN: 21689733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21689725.2014.950496     Document Type: Article

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