Through the Teens & Tech blog, a radio show in Delaware called Voices In The Family inteviewed two psychology experts on the subject of video game effects, the interviewees were Dr. Douglas A. Gentile of Iowa State University and Dr. Lawrence A. Kutner of Harvard Medical School Center for Mental Health and Media and co-author of Grand Theft [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Voices In The Family radio show interviews experts on video game effects
Posted in Video games on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sensitization and desensitization in a video game experiment (Staude-Müller et al., 2008)
Posted in Aggression, Cognitive Psychology, Video games on July 2, 2008 | 10 Comments »
It’s hard to get every research study in the world because most universities don’t have enough money to get subscriptions to every journal in existence. Another factor include the language barrier. This journal article here had some interesting references that I would want to read, if only I can read German, Swiss or any other [...]
Media Violence Researcher’s op-ed on Grand Theft Childhood and reactions
Posted in Video games on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. Brad Bushman of the University of Michigan wrote an opinion on the Detroit Free Press. Here I quote its entirety.
Children around the nation are looking forward to the end of the school year, with summer vacation giving them the freedom to play their favorite video games hour after hour. Instead of rightfully worrying that [...]
