According to social science research, how are media violence and societal violence connected? Why does media violence have the power to inspire copycat crimes, and what are some examples? Respond to another student's post.

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It has been proven according to the first video that the violence in the games can lead to some violent behavior in people that are already prone to the violence. If the person is not already prone to the violence then the media violence may make them a little bit angry, but will not lead to any social violence. They have said that media does have the power to inspire copycat crimes. One that is mentioned by the book is the school shootings in the late 90's. Some people have even tried to use video games as a defense to why they did the shootings.