“There's been nothing proven that violence in video games has an impact. As a parent though, and I'm a parent for a 20-year-old, for a 16-year-old and for a 10-year-old, and so, you know, I make choices everyday for my kids as to what games I think is appropriate for them to play. And, you know, in the end it's up to the parents, it's up to the gamers themselves working with their parents, if they're under 21, to make the smartest choice for the games they play.” IfsThinkingKnowsYearsEndsPlayKidsChoicesGamesParentViolenceImpactEverydayVideoAppropriateProvenGamer Author:Reggie Fils-Aime
“The violence for me is never meant to be entertaining. It's meant to hurt the characters and I'm trying to show the impact it is having on the people involved with it. If there is cathartic violence at the end, then it costs the protagonist something. It's not just a blaze-of-glory moment.” PeopleIfsTryingEndsMomentsCharacterShowsHurtViolenceInvolvedCostGloryImpactMeant To BeEntertainingProtagonistsCathartic Author:Charlie Huston
“During my eleven years as a New York City public school teacher, I saw firsthand the impact that poverty has on the classroom. In low-income neighborhoods like Sunset Park, where I taught, students as young as five years old enter school affected by the stresses often created by poverty: domestic violence, drug abuse, gang activity.” YearsSchoolYoungCitiesPovertyFiveSawsTeacherViolenceNew YorkStudentsTaughtDrugActivityLowsAbuseStressImpactIncomeParksFive YearsSunsetNeighborhoodAffectedNew York CityClassroomDomestic ViolenceGangPublic SchoolElevenFive Year OldsSchool TeachersDrug AbuseLow Income Author:Sal Albanese
“Together we can decrease the level of violence, raise awareness of our activities and save lives around the world. The impact of a day of global ceasefire and non-violence cannot be underestimated.” WorldTogetherLevelsViolenceAwarenessActivityRaisesImpactAround The WorldNon ViolenceDecreaseUnderestimatedSave A LifeTogether We CanCeasefire Author:Jeremy Gilley
“When we use the word domestic [terrorism], we discount its actual impact as political terrorism, which is, of course, political violence meant to impact an audience outside of the immediate victims.” UsePoliticalCoursesAudienceViolenceVictimImpactTerrorismDiscountsPolitical Violence Author:Malcolm Wrightson Nance
“I hate superficial violence. It's shallow and stupid, and the impact on the audience is really bad.” HateAudienceViolenceStupidI HateImpactShallowSuperficial Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“While gender stereotypes can have negative impacts on men as well, the vast majority of structural gender inequality: socially, politically, professionally and economically, as well as the overwhelming burden of sexual violence is disproportionately borne by women.” MenWellsViolenceNegativeImpactMajorityBurdenGenderInequalityOverwhelmingStereotypeGender StereotypesGender Inequality Author:Laura Bates