Sentences with phrase «term violent video game»

A new study led by Simone Kühn looked at the influence long - term violent video game play has on aggression levels, and compared this with playing a life simulation game or not playing a video game at all.

The current research breaks new ground because it is the first study to investigate the effects of long - term violent video game play.

Not exact matches

Mr Wallen said: «Today, there will be children who are expressing appalling things on Facebook, they will be listening to music with explicit, violent lyrics, they will be playing violent video games, they will talk to one another in pretty derogatory and unpleasant terms but they won't kill their teacher at school and they won't kill anyone else.»

A study done by several universities, The Influence of Media Violence on Youth, states, «Research on violent television and films, video games, and music reveals unequivocal evidence that media violence increases the likelihood of aggressive and violent behavior in both immediate and long - term contexts.»

His is one of the few studies to examine the long - term emotional effects of violent video games.

Although previous research established graphic media exposure can lead to aggression, these studies only focused on the short - term effects of violent on - screen content and typically examined participants shortly after or even while they were still playing the video games.

What worries me, however, is that as regular documentaries give way to these transmedia projects aimed at «the connected generation» (not sure what that term says about the rest of us), there is a danger that the choice of medium will inevitably warp the message — there's a reason why so many video games involve violent destruction.

To date, only one published study has focused on the long - term effects of playing violent video games on youth.91 Craig Anderson and several colleagues tested a sample of 430 third through fifth graders twice, roughly five months apart.