*Latest publication: The Digital Cretin Factory. The dangers of screens for our children (Seuil, 2019).
LE FIGARO. - According to Emmanuel Macron, the rioters "live in the street the video games that have intoxicated them". Is there really a link between video games and the violence in France recent days?
Michel DESMURGET. - Video games potentially have an underlying effect in these events and may have contributed to them in secondary ways, but to make them the main cause of the riots is exaggerated. If it had only been video games to explain them, we would not be here. They are not the essence of the urban violence that France is experiencing. This is an easy assumption to excuse other shortcomings, especially educational ones. However, we know that video games and violent images desensitize individuals to violence; Its acceptance is higher than normal and aggressiveness is increased. Without going so far as to cut up their neighbor...
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