http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/violent_video_games PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/619 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/619 <p>A meta-analytic review of literature that examines the physiological and psychological effects of violent video games.&nbsp;Concludes that violent video games increase aggressive behavior in children and young adults.&nbsp; Specifically, violent video games increase physiological arousal and aggressive cognitions, while leading to decreases in prosocial behavior.</p> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/643 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/643 Electronic reprint of 2 studies conducted at Rice University about the short-term effects violent video games.&nbsp; Concludes that violent video games increase aggression in the short-term.&nbsp; The more violent the video game the more detrimental the impact of the video game is.&nbsp; http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/722 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/722 Thoughtful discussion of violence in video games.&nbsp; Also offers a comparison to violence in other forms of media.&nbsp; In particular, there is a rich discussion on why violent video games may have less of an impact on youths than other forms of media, and why video games may have a more ruinous impact than other media. http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/642 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/642 A comprehensive meta-analysis and statistical research project of all prior studies conducted about the effects of violent video games on aggression.&nbsp; Sherry is skeptical that violence in video games causes aggression and believes that more research is needed. http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/723 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/723 <p>One-hour tv special&nbsp;that was originally&nbsp;aired on the G4 network.&nbsp; The program discusses the history of violence in video games ranging from&nbsp;&quot;Death Race&quot; (1976) to&nbsp;&quot;Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas&quot; (2005).&nbsp;The special examines both sides of the controversy regarding the effects of these games.&nbsp;</p><p><img class="blackborder" height="100" alt="doom" src="http://media.g4tv.com/images/imagedb2/396/39652_M.jpg" width="133" align="left" border="0" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/935 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/935 Describes the product, <em>Marine Doom</em>, a video game-like military simulator that was adapted from the popular video game, Doom II.&nbsp; This simulator &quot;teaches concepts such as mutual fire team support, protection of the automatic rifleman, proper sequencing of an attack, ammunition discipline and succession of command.&quot; http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/902 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/902 Explanation of Albert Bandura's social learning theory which essentially states that children learn what behaviors are appropriate and rewarding in a given situation through observation and reinforcement. http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/827 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/827 This article discusses Illinois's Governor Blagojevich's&nbsp;desire to ban the sale of violent video games to minors because he believes that they desensitize and contribute to&nbsp;kids becoming more violent. http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/voyager/720 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/voyager/720 The statement of the American Medical Association discusses the effects of violence in various media types on youths.&nbsp; In video games, they focus on&nbsp;the problem of &quot;role-modeling&quot; and video games' capacity to potentially promote &quot;real world&quot; violence. http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/voyager/721 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/voyager/721 Provides a brief history of violent video games and&nbsp;discusses potential negative effects of violent video games.&nbsp; Also provides models and&nbsp;theories relating to the effects of Media Violence. http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/voyager/717 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/voyager/717 Chapter 4, &quot;It's Important to Feel Something When You Kill&quot;, discusses the evolution in violence in video games.&nbsp; It explains why violent video games are popular, addictive,&nbsp;and dangerous.&nbsp; Includes a very interesting section on video games as desensitizing killing simulators and military/law enforcement usage of them.&nbsp; http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/645 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/645 <p>Professes that contrary to what the media may like you to believe, there is no substantial link between violent video games anf and real-life violence or crime.&nbsp; Also explains that further research is needed to support any conclusion</p> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/644 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/644 Provides a brief overview of existing research on the effects of violent video games.&nbsp; Reveals that exposure to viuolent games is linked to an increase in aggressive behavior, aggressive cognition, aggressive affect, and cardiovacular arousal.&nbsp; Also linked to a decrease in &quot;helping&quot; behavior. http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/604 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/604 Discussion of the violence in the video game, &quot;Grand Theft Auto&quot; http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/603 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/603 <p>Discussion of the violence in the video game, &quot;Grand Theft Auto&quot;</p><p><img height="307" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/features/historyofvgc/historyofvgc_screen021.jpg" width="391" border="0" /></p> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/601 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/601 Discusses the controversy surrounding the 1976 video game &quot;Death Race&quot;