“…A small number (n=7) of correlational and longitudinal research indicated that exposure to media violence is associated with both lower prosocial behaviour (Gentille et al, 2009;Krahe & Moller, 2011;Padilla-Walker et al, 2015b) and empathy (Gentile et al, 2009;Krahe & Moller, 2010;Siyez & Baran, 2017;Vossen et al, 2017;Wei, 2007). Conversely, exposure to prosocial media content appears to be positively associated with helping, cooperating, sharing and empathy (Gentile et al, 2009;Siyez & Baran, 2017). Crucially, Ferguson (2011) did not observe any direct relationship between video game violence and prosocial responding, but did find that adolescents whose parents were more involved in gaming, and who also frequently played action games, showed higher levels of prosocial responding.…”