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State your research question or topic.
Do video games increase violence in teens?
What are the key concepts? Think nouns and noun phrases.
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Do video games increase violence in teens?
Video Games Violence Teens
Consider how different people or communities talk about the concept.
Consider how language has changed over time.
Think of broader terms, narrower terms, or synonyms.
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violence, aggression, shootings, attacks
video games, gaming, gamers, computer games
teen, teens, teenagers
" quotations to search phrases.
* an asterisk to find word variations.
AND, OR, NOT to combine terms.
"video games"
teen*
aggression OR violence
Mountains by Alice Noir from the Noun Project
