Johan Bothma

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Annotated Bibliography
Johan Daniël Bothma

13 August. 2013

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Annotated Bibliography

The connection between children and violent video games.

Jeanne B. Debra D. Buchmanb. Jenksa, J. Bechtoldta, H. (2003). Playing violent video games, desensitization, and moral evaluation in children. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. 24 (4), p413–436.

The article points out the idea that an exposure to violent video games from a young age will cause the users to solve situations with violence. The study has been done on several ages, varying between the ages, 8 – 12 and 5 – 7. The study was done by letting the participants play a relatively violent or nonviolent video game. There after the children had to answer a questionnaire about their actions in everyday experiences. After receiving the results, it was deducted that after a short-term exposure to the video games, the children of both age groups showed no change in behaviour of aggression or empathy, meanwhile, a long-term exposure to video games may result in a more violent change in aggression and lower empathy. This depends on age group and the young ages may also struggle to express their empathic responses to the questionnaire, due to a limited vocabulary. The study does not provide solid answers and no conclusion was reached. Theories were deducted but it is safe to assume that in general, there is no clear connection between children’s actions and violent video games. This is also just a theory and this article will not form the basis of my research, however it has supplied useful supplementary information.



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