Father Time
11-10-2007, 11:28 PM
I'm doing a paper on the (quite exaggerated) effects of violent videogames and I was wondering if you guys could give me the links to the studies you guys reference all the time.
So far I need the one that says the interactivity of the games makes them easier to distinguish from reality (or something like that) and thus they are not as bad as movies in terms of influence.
The statement from the army (or someone) saying that the army doesn't use games to desensitize.
The infamous study(s) using honking horns or blasting notes as a means to study aggresion.
The article you guys reference about how most studies use flawed means of aggression.
And I could've sworn you guys had a study saying games don't desensitize people to violence.
Oh and this is a long shot, but I read an opinion piece about the issue where they would have a commentator on both sides debate it (or at least list out points). I remember the anti-gaming one said something along the lines of 'with increasing technology games (or maybe it was graphics) are getting more realistic and thus harder to distinguish from reality. Soon we will have games where you kill people that look like this (shows a picture with two ordniary people smiling outside a theater).' Oh and I think the pro-game brought up the ever decreasing crime rate. I know it's a stretch but does anyone know where I can find this?
Again I only ask you this because these studies are referenced countless times on the comments and yet I can't find them myself.
Thanks in advance.
So far I need the one that says the interactivity of the games makes them easier to distinguish from reality (or something like that) and thus they are not as bad as movies in terms of influence.
The statement from the army (or someone) saying that the army doesn't use games to desensitize.
The infamous study(s) using honking horns or blasting notes as a means to study aggresion.
The article you guys reference about how most studies use flawed means of aggression.
And I could've sworn you guys had a study saying games don't desensitize people to violence.
Oh and this is a long shot, but I read an opinion piece about the issue where they would have a commentator on both sides debate it (or at least list out points). I remember the anti-gaming one said something along the lines of 'with increasing technology games (or maybe it was graphics) are getting more realistic and thus harder to distinguish from reality. Soon we will have games where you kill people that look like this (shows a picture with two ordniary people smiling outside a theater).' Oh and I think the pro-game brought up the ever decreasing crime rate. I know it's a stretch but does anyone know where I can find this?
Again I only ask you this because these studies are referenced countless times on the comments and yet I can't find them myself.
Thanks in advance.