The Morality of Abstaining from Violent Video Games

Does controlling or experiencing violence in video games cause violence, aggression, or other acts of malice outside of the game? This is the main question that I discuss with my guest this episode, Christopher J. Ferguson, Ph.D. He is a prolific researcher and commentator on the topic of video game violence, and he shares his thoughts about the state of the research and whether or not we should be worried about letting kids watch violent TV or games.

Plus, we have a side conversation into the topic of misogyny and other stereotyping in video game culture and whether being exposed to those elements is equivalent to seeing or controlling video game violence.



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http://www.psychologyofgames.com/podcast/



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More about Christopher J. Furgeson's research:

http://www.stetson.edu/other/faculty/profiles/christopher-ferguson.php



Audio Credits



“Robot Motivation” by The Polish Ambassador, licensed under Creative Commons: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

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http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Polish_Ambassador/Diplomatic_Immunity/05_Robot_Motivation



"Happy Happy Game Show" by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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http://incompetech.com/wordpress/2016/01/happy-happy-game-show/



"Level Up!" by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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http://incompetech.com/wordpress/2015/03/level-up/



"Over Under" by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-f