• Youth and Video-games
• Anderson & Bushman have conducted a meta-analysis of 35 different studies of violent video games (2001).
• A meta-analysis is a type of study in which researchers analyze the results of other studies to see if there are similar patterns of results!
Consistent pattern of results in Five areas!
• Exposure to violent games increases physiological arousal.
• Exposure to violent games increases aggressive thoughts.
• Exposure to violent games increases aggressive emotions.
• Exposure to violent games increases aggressive actions.
• Exposure to violent games decreases positive prosocial (i.e., helping) actions.
• Kentucky student shoots 8 fellow students in school
• Michael Carneal was addicted to the violent video game Doom
• Shooting followed movie plot and video game scenarios
• Carneal was trained to kill by a movie and a video game
Sources:http://www.bodine.phila.k12.pa.us/kaufman/writingopinion/videogames.html
Sources:http://www.bodine.phila.k12.pa.us/kaufman/writingopinion/videogames.html
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