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Violent video games kill core human values
Wednesday November 02, 2011 10:37:18 AM,
IANS
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Sydney: Playing violent
video games comes at a cost----it fosters insensitivity and tends
to kill core human values such as warmth, open-mindedness and
intelligence.
Brock Bastian from the University of Queensland School of
Psychology and co-authors looked at whether the experience of
cyber-violence had dehumanising consequences for players and their
opponents.
Given his findings, it was not surprising that many people were
concerned about the effects of playing violent video games, such
as 'Mortal Kombat,' especially regarding our behaviour, emotions,
and cognitions, the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
reports.
"There are good reasons to be concerned: the negative effects of
violent video games have been well documented and appear to be
more significant than those associated with other forms of violent
media," Bastian said, according to a Queensland statement.
Bastian explained that one reason violence within video games was
more powerful that other forms of violent media was that people
identified with, and to some extent felt responsible for, the
violence they perpetuated within virtual environments.
The second part of the study had participants playing each game in
collaboration with a co-player, such that both players were
playing together against computer-generated avatars.
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