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) by bob_super on Monday November 19 2018, @08:40PM (6 children)
I apologize for forgetting to mention that guys and trannies also likely get the shit beat out of them (I'll let others do that research), in ways that essentially all would ellipse as "it pays the bills".
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Mykl on Monday November 19 2018, @11:01PM (4 children)
I think AC was referring to your assumption that porn actresses who engage in 'rough play' movies never enjoy it. I will freely concede that there are almost certainly individuals in the porn industry who engage in acts purely to 'pay the bills', but I am equally convinced that some of those actors really are enjoying themselves when doing things that you personally don't like.
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by mrpg on Tuesday November 20 2018, @02:44AM (3 children)
https://www.pinkcross.org.au/ [pinkcross.org.au]
*Warning*: This web site contains large doses of truth about the sex industry for purposes of recovery and education.
(Score: 2) by Mykl on Tuesday November 20 2018, @04:01AM (2 children)
Let's recap:
Are you suggesting that the existence of this website means that all sex industry workers are being mistreated? It's a bit of long bow.
By the way, it's not the best site to support your argument re: porn. All of the stories on the site refer to prostitutes rather than porn stars (I would say that there are differences between the two), and the same woman's headshot appears on two different people's stories.
(Score: 2) by mrpg on Tuesday November 20 2018, @04:30AM (1 child)
I suggest that some of them are mistreated.
(Score: 2) by Mykl on Tuesday November 20 2018, @06:31AM
Agreed
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 20 2018, @12:05AM
Holy shit, what kind of porn are you in to?