Beyond Reasonable Doubt as Swedish Study says Video Games Do NOT Cause Child Violence
A meta-study disproves violent cause and effect by video games
A meta-study carried out by the Swedish Media Council (Statens medieråd), which looked at "100 articles about violent computer games and aggression which have been published in international scientific journals since 2000" has concluded "“beyond a reasonable doubt” that family conflicts and poor health among children can make children more drawn to computer games and result in a higher level of aggression."
The report found that while studies have been made into the links between playing video games and then becoming actually violent "many of the studies use different methods to measure aggression, many of which lack a clear connection to violent behaviour.
Not only that, but much of the so-called research studies “suffer from serious methodological deficiencies”.
In fact the Swedish Council concludes that, “there is no evidence that violent computer games cause aggressive behaviour”.
Researcher Ulf Dalquist says that, “If research can't provide any simple answers about how games make children aggressive, perhaps we adults should stop judging the games children play based on whether they are violent or not."
He tells the Aftonbladet newspaper that, “As parents, we can stand and freeze on the sidelines of a football pitch or listen to out of tune recorder concerts – but we can't engage in their computer gaming. It may not be about how much violence a game contains, but rather what sort of values the game expresses."
Source: TheLocal
The report found that while studies have been made into the links between playing video games and then becoming actually violent "many of the studies use different methods to measure aggression, many of which lack a clear connection to violent behaviour.
Not only that, but much of the so-called research studies “suffer from serious methodological deficiencies”.
In fact the Swedish Council concludes that, “there is no evidence that violent computer games cause aggressive behaviour”.
Researcher Ulf Dalquist says that, “If research can't provide any simple answers about how games make children aggressive, perhaps we adults should stop judging the games children play based on whether they are violent or not."
He tells the Aftonbladet newspaper that, “As parents, we can stand and freeze on the sidelines of a football pitch or listen to out of tune recorder concerts – but we can't engage in their computer gaming. It may not be about how much violence a game contains, but rather what sort of values the game expresses."
Source: TheLocal
Comments
Daz 6 Dec 2011 19:57
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I could have told 'em that.
deleted 7 Dec 2011 14:27
2/2
Sorry there is a big difference between games DO NOT, and THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT, its still not good enough, a real study needs to be conducted that's unbiased to both parties..
And by stating that Games DO NOT cause child violence on this basis makes you as bad as the media that says it does on these kind of studies!
And by stating that Games DO NOT cause child violence on this basis makes you as bad as the media that says it does on these kind of studies!