Common Sense: Games Made Me A Fat, Slutty Junkie!
You know, for ages I blamed Mom, cookies and black tar heroin, but I've finally seen the light - thanks to Common Sense Media's Media and Child and Adolescent Health: A Systematic Review. The study, carried out by researchers at Yale, NIH and the California Pacific Medical Center, found that the amount of time kids "spend with media" has a strong correlation to "poor school performance as well as negative health outcomes such as obesity, substance abuse and smoking."
The study surveys over 30 years of research and eschews the politically-loaded topic of violence and media - in fact, the lead researcher himself might have more political clout than the study itself: he's Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's brother, Ezekiel Emanuel. Common Sense Media CEO Jim Steyer addressed that issue in Time:
[Rahm Emanuel] will have a strong position in the incoming Administration. And I am optimistic that you'll see a renewed emphasis, from the White House on down, on media, technology and kids. In that sense, I'm very hopeful that Barack and Michelle Obama will be parents-in-chief and role models-in-chief for our country. Barack talked about it repeatedly through his campaign--turning off the TV, turning off the video games, doing your homework, talking with your kids.
The new administration has shown a commitment to children and has already made important statements about how it will focus new attention on technology and media. There is a unique opportunity to make real change in the role that media plays in our children's lives.
That all sounds great, but what are they gonna do about my "situation?" Now that I know what's responsible for my corpulent, nymphomaniacal, horse-injected lifestyle, who can I blame? Oh wait, I can still blame Mom - who let me be exposed to all of that toxic "media" in the first place. Thank goodness... I'd hate to encourage young people to take any kind of personal responsibility.
Now hand me another fudge-and-Oxycontin-slathered hustler!
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Posted to Hot Stuff, Miscellany, Video Games on 4 December 2008
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I'll have what Tiny and his hustler are having!
I just thought one should know that in order to be nymphomaniacal, one must have a vulva.
Nymphomania in women (Nymphos).
Satyriasis in men (Satyrs).
Common mistake, but still...
Godspeed.
Mheh... they skipped Wii fit in their research! Make that two fudge-and-Oxycontin-slathered please!
Hehe.. love that Fatboy-slim album