Tag: VIOLENCE IN VIDEO GAMES

Studies linking violence and video games are a dime a dozen, but, according to The Washington Post, Iowa State University psychologist Craig Anderson claims that playing violent games definitively leads to violent thought and action. Set to be published in the American Psychological Association's (APA) March journal, his research claims that data from previous studies, of 130,000 people total, ...

Despite the seemingly endless stream of studies decrying the negative repercussions of playing video games, someone will, on occasion, publicly praise gaming's therapeutic and educational benefits. Studies have shown that video games can restore eyesight, and some people have even claimed that playing games has helped them to overcome nightmares and longstanding fears, teach history and proper ...

In light of their alleged emotional ramifications on children, certain video games are often labeled as "dangerous." But it turns out a number of children almost literally lost their lives last year by playing their favorite games, according to the Houston Chronicle. Last autumn, families in areas of Texas affected by Hurricane Ike were forced indoors due to the brutal storm and its messy ...

Remember a time before video games and the Internet? When the world was a peaceful, loving place, free of murderers, sexual deviants and other purveyors of violence and filth? Apparently, some people do, as yet another study linking Internet usage and violence among the youth has been released. The report, published by the Journal of Adolescent Health (with a disclaimer that the results are not ...

Hugh Spencer, a writer and designer of museum and public educational exhibitions, has created a new and unique method of keeping his teenage son from engaging in gratuitous video game violence. The elder Spencer's initial dilemma arose when Evan approached him about 'Call of Duty,' a series in which players participate in integral campaigns of World War II, either solo or with fellow online ...

Nineteen-year-old Codey R. Hawks of Parma, Ohio has been arrested for allegedly raping a 12-year-old boy after meeting him via Xbox online live. On January 15, according to Cleveland's NBC affiliate, Hawks allegedly traveled to the boy's residence in Michigan, staying there with him for some time. Having been arrested Monday and charged with rape and sexual imposition, Hawks is currently being ...

The whole "violence in video games" fire just had a glass of cool, non-violent water thrown on it, in the form of a new study by Dr. Christopher Ferguson in the medical journal Psychiatric Quarterly. Namely, by studying other studies (many of which were done by him). Ferguson put together a specific set of collection criteria for his meta-study: He only included those that used violent games ...