Maggie Cutler

Maggie Cutler argues in the following viewpoint that, despite thousands of studies on the effects of media violence, the research has produced no clear answers. The author maintains that it is almost impossible to separate media violence from all the other factors that can influence violent behavior. One point that most researchers agree on, Cutler notes, is that real-life experiences are far more important than media violence in determining whether children commit violence. She concludes that leaders concerned about youth violence should focus on the real violence occurring in America and around the world rather than on movies, television, and video games. Cutler is the author of a Nerve.com biweekly column entitled “The Secret Life of Kitty Lyons,” which satirizes the confusion between politics, media, and sex in American culture...