Study refutes link between violence and media

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A new long-term study has refuted a connection between violent media and real world violence, and raised doubts regarding the methods of earlier studies with contrary findings.



In the newly-published results of a study of violence and violent media in the US, psychologist Christopher Ferguson and his team said they found no evidence of a link between real world acts of violence and violent media, such as films and video games.

As reported by the Independent, the team said that earlier studies with contrary conclusions utilised flawed methodologies, presenting violent media without context and measuring aggression through arguably unrelated tasks.

Looking outside the laboratory, Ferguson and his team looked at the frequency of depictions of violence in media between 1920 and 2005, and then compared it to real world incidents during the same period.

Not only did the team not find real world violence rising as media violence did, it even noted that violence in media actually increased as real world violence decreased.

This data corroborates with an ESRB study into youth violence and the depiction of violence in video games, which also noted a correlation between decreased real world incidents and increased video game depictions of violence.

Neither of these studies are saying anything new, despite what the media will have you think sometimes; UKIE CEO DR Jo Twist has said there has never been a creditable study indicating a link between video games and real world violence.

Ferguson concluded his paper on the study by noting that scapegoating of video games and films distracts public interest from social pressures, such as poverty, which may be at the root of violent acts.

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Source: VG247

Old. They've already been refuted. To be fair the link between violence and media HASN'T been debunked, but the studies that suggested a correlation have been. Basically there's no compelling evidence either way.

Another study to add to the massive list.

Yeah this is bullshit, video games are an introduction to violence to many kids and the first time they are really able to commit violence or murderous acts which after repetition they become obsessed with.

Video Games turned Chris-Chan violent.

Angelus wrote:

Video Games turned Chris-Chan violent.

The world was far more violent before modern media. Video games or music or whatever is just a scapegoat to deflect from a persons bad parenting because they don't want to admit that it's their fault that their child turned out to be such a piece of shit.

It's extremely frustrating when idiot NRA gun fags say we should blame violence on video games more so than guns themselves.

I agree. Guns are very violent, sentient beings. I was once beaten and raped by my uncles hunting rifle while the rest of the family was out. Truly a traumatic experience.

That wasn't what I was implying. Although I do suppose the way I worded it made it seem like guns are people lol.

I was pointing at the logical fallacy of having the audacity to say we should be looking at ways to limit video games rather than the actual weapons being used to massacre people.

How kind of you to give an example of a logical fallacy while referring to another.  Maybe he should start calling you Mr. Teckno, or Sensei.

I do agree it's kinda ironic to look at something completely different than the actual weapon. Though neither are the cause, the cause is mentally unstable idiots.