Parents, Media and Panic through the Years by Karen Leick

Author:Karen Leick
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783319983196
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

The suggestion is, of course, that Mike has become so addicted to this mindless pastime that he is unable to make reasonable decisions about his future. 1982 was the year that the protests and panic reached hysterical levels. As U.S. News & World Report explained: “In town after town, local officials are struggling to cope with a craze that has swept the country: Arcade videogames that gobble up the time and money of America’s teenagers.” 5 Major newspapers published sensational headlines like “Learning To Start Worrying and Hate Video Games” (Washington Post) , “The Battle for America’s Youth” (New York Times) , “They’re Out To Get Your Quarters, Are They Out To Get Your Kids?” (Washington Post). 6 The New York Times article included the panicked complaints of one mother, a Mrs. Lamm who was campaigning to get arcades banned from her town. She explained that “These games are corrupting our youth”:They are not wholesome. They mesmerize our children, they addict them and force them to mindlessly pour one quarter after another into the slots. We see 15-year-olds playing these games at 10:30 on school nights and during school hours. We want them out of our town. … We hear unacceptable language and see antisocial behavior in the arcades.

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