News tagged with violent media
UQ study confirms dangers of violent video games
(Medical Xpress) -- New research by Dr. Brock Bastian from UQ's School of Psychology has found evidence that playing violent video games leads players to see themselves, and their opponents, as lacking in core human qualities ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Advertising in violent video games results in poor recall, negative brand perception
Embedding advertisements in violent video games leads to lower brand recall and negative brand attitudes suggesting advertisers should think twice about including such ads in a media campaign, according to researchers at ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Aug 31, 2011 |
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How media can encourage our better side
(Medical Xpress) -- Violent media -- films, TV, videogames -- can encourage aggression, and lots of research says so. But psychologists haven't spent as much time looking at the ways media with more socially positive content ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 21, 2011 |
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Violence doesn't add to children's enjoyment of TV shows, movies: study
Despite growing concern about the effects of media violence on children, violent television shows and movies continue to be produced and marketed to them. An Indiana University research study concludes that violence doesn't ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 24, 2011 |
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Effects of TV ad violence, Super Bowl implications on kids (w/ Video)
The Super Bowl annually produces the year's largest TV audience, making it a prime event for advertisers to debut their flashy, new commercials. But ads with violent content aired during a sporting event that also contains ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Watching violent TV, video games desensitizes teenagers and may promote more aggressive behavior
Watching violent films, TV programmes or video games desensitises teenagers, blunts their emotional responses to aggression and potentially promotes aggressive attitudes and behaviour, according to new research published ...
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Oct 19, 2010 |
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The Growing Market for 'War Porn' -- What's Going On?
(PhysOrg.com) -- "War porn" -- videos viewed for entertainment that feature gruesome footage of dead American soldiers or the killing of soldiers and civilians in the Middle East wars -- are growing in numbers online, in ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 17, 2010 |
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Popular television shows inaccurately portray violent crime
Researchers at Mayo Clinic compared two popular television shows, CSI and CSI: Miami, to actual U.S. homicide data, and discovered clear differences between media portrayals of violent deaths versus actual murders. This study ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 19, 2009 |
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Study: Violent media numb viewers to the pain of others
(PhysOrg.com) -- Violent video games and movies make people numb to the pain and suffering of others, according to a research report published in the March 2009 issue of Psychological Science.
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Feb 19, 2009 |
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