A study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology linked violent video games with aggressive thoughts, feelings and behaviors. The authors describe how the shooters at Columbine High School in 1999 had played video games and acted out violent scenes from them, implying that games were in part to blame for the massacre. But this study, like many media effects studies, suffers from a serious shortcoming. Which statement best describes this problem?

MCQs on mass media as a cultural industry that seeks to shape our values and the underlying forces which allow for this to take place.