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No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behaviour :
In a series of experiments, with more than 3,000 participants, the team demonstrated that video game concepts do not 'prime' players to behave in certain ways and that increasing the realism of violent video games does not necessarily increase aggression in game players.
The dominant model of learning in games is built on the idea that exposing players to concepts, such as violence in a game, makes those concepts easier to use in 'real life'. This is known as 'priming', and is thought to lead to changes in behaviour. Previous experiments on this effect, however, have so far provided mixed conclusions.
Researchers at the University of York expanded the number of participants in experiments, compared to studies that had gone before it, and compared different types of gaming realism to explore whether more conclusive evidence could be found
[...] "The findings suggest that there is no link between these kinds of realism in games and the kind of effects that video games are commonly thought to have on their players.
"Further study is now needed into other aspects of realism to see if this has the same result. What happens when we consider the realism of by-standing characters in the game, for example, and the inclusion of extreme content, such as torture?
"We also only tested these theories on adults, so more work is needed to understand whether a different effect is evident in children players."
Journal Reference:
David Zendle, Daniel Kudenko, Paul Cairns. Behavioural realism and the activation of aggressive concepts in violent video games. Entertainment Computing, 2018; 24: 21 DOI: 10.1016/j.entcom.2017.10.003
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 19 2018, @08:01PM (4 children)
I was finishing up High School when the Columbine shooting took place. This was exactly the thought of me and most of my friends at the time. Had a bad day? Fire up Quake, Half Life or whichever game was big that year. Turn the codes on and blow things up - it's a better way to blow off steam than getting in a real fight.
If it isn't violent video games maybe we can blame Marilyn Manson or Eminem. Or Canada.
(Score: 2) by stretch611 on Monday November 19 2018, @10:32PM (3 children)
Blame Canada [youtube.com]
And for those that want to sing along...
Time's have changed
Our kids are getting worse
They won't obey their parents
They just want to fart and curse
Should we blame the government?
Or blame society?
Or should we blame the images on TV?
No, blame Canada, blame Canada
With all their beady little eyes
And flappin' heads so full of lies
Blame Canada, blame Canada
We need to form a full assault
It's Canada's fault
Don't blame me for my son Stan
He saw the darn cartoon
And now he's off to join the Klan
And my boy Eric once
Had my picture on his shelf
But now when I see him he tells me to fuck myself
Well, blame Canada, blame Canada
It seems that everything's gone wrong
Since Canada came along
Blame Canada, blame Canada
There not even a real country anyway
My son could've been a doctor or a lawyer rich and true
Instead he burned up like a piggy on a barbecue
Should we blame the matches?
Should we blame the fire?
Or the doctors who allowed him to expire?
Heck no
Blame Canada, blame Canada
With all their hockey hullabaloo
And that bitch Anne Murray too
Blame Canada, shame on Canada
The smut we must stop, the trash we must smash
Laughter and fun must all be undone
We must blame them and cause a fuss
Before someone thinks of blaming us
Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 20 2018, @12:09AM (2 children)
That film is almost old enough to drink in the US.
(Score: 2) by stretch611 on Tuesday November 20 2018, @01:36AM
The movie is older than Brett Kavanaugh was when he started to drink.
Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday November 20 2018, @03:25PM
What I really liked was that the censors would not allow it by its original title: South Park: All Hell Breaks Loose
So they changed it to: South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
and the censors didn't see any problem with a simple description of how the film compares to a tv episode.
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