Debunking The Myth Of Violence in Videogames
5"Videogames cause violent behavior" is something any gamer has probably heard so many times you tune it out like it was trying to teach you math. And while it sounds like a foregone conclusion, that's not exactly what the experts were saying when they made those studies.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:12 Video games make you violent?
1:19 Studies and research
6:14 Moral Panic Theory
7:49 The ability to think
9:02 Outro
Sources cited:
Frithjof Staude-Müller, Thomas Bliesener, and Stefanie Luthman (2008) - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas-Bliesener/publication/247396583_Hostile_and_Hardened_An_Experimental_Study_on_DeSensitization_to_Violence_and_Suffering_Through_Playing_Video_Games/links/553f59ae0cf24c6a05d204c9/Hostile-and-Hardened-An-Experimental-Study-on-DeSensitization-to-Violence-and-Suffering-Through-Playing-Video-Games.pdf
Paul JC Adachi, Teena Willoughby (2009) - https://www.brockadolescentdevelopmentlab.com/uploads/1/1/2/6/112616517/adachi_and_willoughby_2011_-_the_effect_of_violent_video_games_on_aggression_-_is_it_more_than_just_the_violence.pdf
Christopher J Ferguson and Sven Smith, 2021 - https://www.christopherjferguson.com/Countries%20Comparison.pdf
Cohen, 1972 via Tosh, 2019 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7678810/