Towards Understanding the Positive Effect of Playing Violent Video Games on Children's Development

Agina, Adel M.; Tennyson, Robert D.

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.11.473

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“…This survey shows video games can generate a beneficial effect on students: improve their sociability and ability to solve problems, search for information and analyze data [10]. Finally, according to the study conducted by Agina and Tennyson, although violent video games might have some negative effects, such types of game can still help children adjust their thoughts and make them more willing to think deeply to express themselves, which successfully demonstrate the significance of embedding violence arousal into learning process [11]. Furthermore, lots of parents believe that digital games cause serious moral problems, let alone violent games.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 71%

The Research on the Effects of Violent Video Games upon Chinese Teenagers’ Memory

Shen¹

2023

BCPEP

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Currently, with the development of the Internet and the popularity of violent video games, there is a trend that parents are increasingly concerned about the negative effects caused by these games because most parents think the decline of memory is attributable to playing games. Meanwhile, the Chinese government promotes a regulation that adolescents whose age is under 18 should only play video games for one hour. If teenagers exceed that time limit, they will be punished and forced to pause gaming. Hence, society generally reaches an agreement that violent video games will be detrimental to youngers both physically and psychologically. The goal of this research is to find out some positive influences violent video games can bring to adolescents’ memory. This is of great importance on account of changing social stereotype towards violent video games and letting them realize these kinds of games can also enhance memory. Therefore, this study is conducted with a questionnaire, the quantitative research method. The object focused on teenagers aged between 12 to 18. By asking several questions such as the frequency of playing video games, their favorite type of game, and ways affect their students within a limited range, this research finally gets the answer that violent video games will not only not be harmful to their memories, but also improve their learning ability from three aspects.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 71%

The Research on the Effects of Violent Video Games upon Chinese Teenagers’ Memory

Shen¹

2023

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“…To better understand the association between the gamers emotion and the elements played, a designer needs to understand what could trigger a better experience [24]. Reports stated that a higher percentage of positive emotions such as fun, happiness, and laughter leads to the team, friend, or mates during the gameplay [25].…”

Section: Emotionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pay to Play: Understanding Gamer's Motivation through Semantic Analysis

Teh

Pak

2021

The 23rd International Conference on Information Integration and Web Intelligence

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Understanding what motivates a gamer to pay to play a game could enhance the gaming industry. One of the ways to understand game players experiences is through exploration via their text communication. This study explores text communication posted on the Steam digital distribution platform on paid-play games. A total of 7255 gamer text communicated were collected and analysed. Reviews from the past pinpointed that elements such as social influence, entertaining features, graphic design, music, and soundtrack used in the game could influence the game playing experience. To study those, we use mix-method (qualitative and quantitative) methods to analyse the data. We invite three human coders to categorise statements associating with its elements and aspects. Next, with the aid of Wmatrix, a semantic analysis system, we tabulate and elaborate the emotion words associating with the gameplay elements. The result shows that the positive feeling of love and joy highly encourages the gamer's overall game playing experience. Elements such as the storyline, design of the Avatar and the entertaining features are the primary motivation of the gameplay.

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“…Online multiplayer games create new social platforms, with their own etiquette, social rules of conduct, and ways of expression (53). The effect of online gaming on the behaviors of children has been previously investigated (54). As a rare finding on the side of online gaming, they concluded that despite the negative effect of playing violent games, violent arousal has a positive effect on children's development, particularly selfregulation and thinking aloud.…”

Section: Online Game Addictionmentioning

confidence: 99%