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This paper makes a historical examination of the phenomenon of juvenile-consumed media violence, which has been a major public policy issue since at least the Kefauver Hearings of 1953. The paper addresses questions of whether media violence causes children to commit violent acts (causation) and whether, as a consequence, media violence ought to be regulated or otherwise curtailed (censorship). Jeff McIntyre argues on behalf of causation, which he says ought to lead to a very specific kind of bottom-up censorship. The paper concludes by agreeing with McIntyre's outlook.

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"The phenomenon of juvenile-consumed media violence has been a major public policy issue since at least the Kefauver Hearings of 1953. At stake are the questions of whether media violence causes children to commit violent acts (causation) and whether, as a consequence, media violence ought to be regulated or otherwise curtailed (censorship). Jeff McIntyre argues on behalf of causation, which he says ought to lead to a very specific kind of bottom-up censorship. The ACLU makes two separate arguments: 1)that there is no causation, and therefore no need for top-down censorship and 2)that, even should causation exist, there is no Constitutional framework..."

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