Testing ratings of violent video games: how well do they measure up?

Center, Katherine Elizabeth

doi:10.31274/etd-180810-4231

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“…A VGV exposure score was created by multiplying frequency and violence ratings for each game and averaging the three products. This approach more closely approximates interval-level measurement and has demonstrated good reliability and validity in previous work (Busching et al, 2015;Center, 2015). When a favorite game was not reported, participants were given a score of zero for this product, indicating no exposure to violence.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…Notably, despite the subjective nature of asking participants to judge the amount of violence, participant ratings of violence are strongly positively related to both expert ratings of violence and measures of violence derived from Entertainment Software Rating Board ratings—alternative approaches that may be considered more objective (Busching et al, 2015). Indeed, careful analyses of nine independent studies of VGV exposure (total N = 4,746) found no evidence of bias in such participant-rated measures by age or past exposure to media violence, and found no advantage to using any of several more labor-intensive objective measures (Center, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Who finds media violence funny? Testing the effects of media violence exposure and dark personality traits.

Allen¹,

Ash²,

Anderson³

2022

Psychology of Popular Media

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The popularity and commercial success of electronic media that pair humor with violence suggests that many people enjoy laughing at screen media violence. But who is most likely to find media violence funny? To answer this question, we measured media violence exposure, dark personality traits, and the extent to which participants found media violence humorous in 2 cross-sectional survey studies with samples of undergraduate students (Study 1 N = 215; Study 2 N = 178). Across the 2 studies, we assessed moral disengagement, the dark triad, spitefulness, sadism, and proneness to schadenfreude as dark personality traits. Among other findings, men with high exposure to media violence, those who score high on sadism, and those who are prone to moral disengagement and schadenfreude were the most likely to find media violence funny. These were the most consistent associations; they were of small-to-moderate size. Thus, those who laugh the hardest at media violence may have the darkest personalities. Public Policy Relevance StatementTwo studies demonstrated that finding humor in media violence is positively related to the male gender, exposure to media violence, and the dark personality traits of sadism, moral disengagement, and schadenfreude. These findings suggest that TV shows, movies, and video games that pair humor with violence are enjoyed the most by men with dark personalities and a history of violent media use. The findings also support developmental models that suggest that frequent exposure to violent media can affect personality in socially maladaptive ways.

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confidence: 93%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%