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Video Business, April, 2003 by Sweeting, Paul
WASHINGTON -- Videogames have long been in the political cross hairs, but they may soon be going under the microscope. Two prominent lawmakers, Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.), plan to introduce a bill to increase federal funding to study the influence of media exposure, particularly depictions of violence, on childhood development and behavior.
The bill, expected to be formally introduced in a few weeks, would provide money for the National Institute for Childhood Health and Human Development, part of the National Institutes of Health, to fund academic research on how media exposure affects behavior. Although the bill is not specifically targeted at games, the lawmakers made it clear...
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