I think it will die out if it is empirically denied by facts. There has been an astronomical increase in video game consumption and realistic violence over the

I think it will die out if it is empirically denied by facts. There has been an astronomical increase in video game consumption and realistic violence over the last 20 years, a time during which murders have been dropping consistently. And, when there are very high profile murders like mass shootings (Parkland, Vegas, Pulse Nightclub, etc), video gaming does not seem to be a common theme. On the other hand, social media's ills are very real and very proven empirically. To reverse the narrative, social media will have to reverse that fact.