Video games

If you're looking for information about our studies on video games and media ratings, then you might enjoy listening to Dr. Thompson's Medscape General Medicine website editorials called Kids and Media: Learning Happens (June 10, 2005) and Reforms for Rating Media: Disclosure, Not Censorship (November 5, 2007). You can learn more about video games and our studies by checking out the following:

• Dr. Thompson's testimony (pdf) on Violent and Explicit Video Games: Informing Parents and Protecting Children from a Hearing by the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, Rayburn House Office Building, June 14, 2006.
• Media and Kids - April 2006
• Study Finds M-Rated Video Games Contain Violence, Sexual Themes, Substances, and Profanity Not Labeled on Game Boxes - April 3, 2006
• Dr. Thompson's testimony on the Effectiveness of Media Systems from a Hearing by the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, Senate Russell Building, September 28 2004.
• Teen-Rated Video Games Loaded With Violence - March 11, 2004
• Ratings of Teen-Rated Video Games Do Not Always Fully Describe Content - February 17, 2004
• Study Finds Significant Amounts of Violence in Video Games Rated as Suitable for All Ages - July 31, 2001