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School safety commission should not worry about violence in entertainment media

  • Written by Christopher J. Ferguson, Professor of Psychology, Stetson University
Strong link lacking between violence in entertainment and violence in society. Mike Focus/www.shutterstock.com

On June 21, I testified before Education Secretary Betsy Devos’s school safety commission on the impact that violence in entertainment media has on violence in society.

I’m a psychologist who has studied violent media for 15...

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