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Senate Passes CAMRA Game Investigation Act

Posted Sep 15, 2006 at 9:45PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Tags: Hillary Clinton, Lieberman

The U.S. Senate has just passed the CAMRA Act (The Children and Media Research Advancement Act) sponsored by Joseph Lieberman, Hillary Clinton, Dick Durbin, and Republicans Rick Santorum and Sam Brownback. The Act includes Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) investigation into video game and other electronic media use.

The focus of the research has something to do with the role and effects, positive and negative alike, of all kinds of electronic media on children. These include TV, movies, videogames, and Internet, from where kids receive the biggest exposure when it comes to entertainment. Grants would also be provided to learn about the impact of certain factors such as the format, length of exposure, age of viewers, nature of parental involvement, and venue in which media is viewed.

The CAMRA Act does remind us of the online poker ban, which is currently undergoing Congressional reviews in the U.S. Although some bills have already been passed concerning this ban, player alliances are still outraged over the representatives' move, knowing that the largest population of online poker players are located in the U.S. The same trend occurs in videogames, where statistics tell us that the largest markets are in the U.S., Japan, Europe, and Australia.

Whether the CAMRA Act poses a threat on the videogame industry (note that Lieberman, Clinton, and Durbin are popular videogame critics) or not, it sends an implication that the CDC's aim is to prove that videogames are doing us more harm than good. Or are they? We believe that violent behavior usually associated with playing videogames always have something to do with the upbringing of children. Kids who are raised well know that videogames are just games, and somehow they are the best outlet for the venting of violent behavior.

The CAMRA Act is apparently a subtle advocacy towards proving what videogame critics had been trying to tell us all along. But we like to keep an open mind because we believe the investigation will shed new light on the very role of electronic media in the lives of children. Still, we can't help but raise a questioning eyebrow.

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This bill is for funding of research on the effects of electronic media on children in several areas (cognitive, physical, and socio-behavioral according to the bill's wording). They also define "electronic media" to include (1) tv, (2) dvd video, (3) interactive media/video games, (4) motion pictures, (5) the internet, and (6) cell phones.

Liebermann has been involved in some hazy suggestions as it relates to video games, sure, so his name as the main sponsor might make you cringe. But you're really making much ado about nothing, seeing as how this bill does nothing but appropriate government funds to perform research on electronic media and its impact on children. If there's anything at all to complain about here, it's appropriation of public funds for research, which some people may not think is important enough to allocate 10,000,000 to this year.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s109-579

Please read it sometime. It may help you not look like a fool when you're editorializing over nothing.

# y — Guest 2006-09-16 03:15

I'M ABOUT TO TAKE A FAT S.H.I.T AND VIDEO TAPE ME WIPING MY ASS WITH MY PSP AND THEN THROWING IT IN THE TRASH. I WILL POST IT ON U-TUBE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.....................

If you want to know why... THE GRAPHICS SUCK

# 2 — lansingone 2006-09-16 05:42

what ever floats your boat

# ***** the liber***** — Guest 2006-09-16 21:56

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# $90,000,000 — Guest 2006-09-22 01:27

The bill calls for a total of $90,000,000 in studies over several years. That's ridiculous. Fund $90,000,000 in after school programs for kids instead.

Games are protected under the 1st Amendment as courts have found again and again. Any attempt at restricting games that isn't voluntary (as is done now) will not stand up in court. This is a giant waste of money by politicians more interested in looking good to parents than doing anything of substance to benefit children.

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