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Has America Seen Enough? A Stronger Rating System is a Must

Many of today's youth are easily influenced by their environment. Their environment can include their family, friends, school, and even media (television, music, video games). With technology rapidly advancing, video games are having an even greater impact on youth. In the last few years, there has been a steady increase in the amount of violence contained in all media, especially video games. According to Alison Motluk, "more than 90 per cent of American children play video games every day, and half of the top sellers contain extreme violence" (10). Playing these violent video games is having a direct effect on aggression levels as seen in the recent rise of school violence. Many times the individuals involved have stated that they got their ideas from playing violent video games. Obviously, with youth violence on the rise, changes need to be made in order to help control this situation. A stricter rating......

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