Does viewing justified violence lead to devaluing others?

Using an implicit association test to examine the effects of violent video games on the values we place on others

“…Previous research has demonstrated a similar finding using a different medium. Participants who watched a single episode of televised violence implicitly valued others less, as evidenced by their responses on a lexical decision task (Anastasio, 2005). The present study extended this line of research to video games.…”

“…It is possible that playing violent video games will also lead to decreases in empathy. Previous research has shown that participants who watched violent television were more likely to automatically devalue others on a measure of implicit cognition (Anastasio, 2005). The present study attempted to extend these findings to violent video games.…”

“…Previous research has shown that this research paradigm is successful with violent television (Anastasio, 2005), so there is no reason to believe that it could not be successful with violent video games.…”

“…with devaluation (e.g., boring, undeserving, etc.). According to the GAM and previous research in which a different measure of implicit cognition, a lexical decision task, was administered after watching televised violence (Anastasio, 2005), exposure to violence should alter a person's internal state and link these two concepts together in memory. Therefore, participants who played a violent video game, in which the goal is to aggress against others, should implicitly associate others with devaluation more strongly than those who played a non-violent game.…”

Read anything mean lately? Associations between reading aggression in books and aggressive behavior in adolescents

“…Over 50 years of research into media violence has repeatedly shown that being exposed to violent and aggressive material in the media can increase physical aggression (e.g., Anderson et al, 2010;Bushman & Anderson, 2001;Bushman & Huesmann, 2006) and relational aggression (e.g., Coyne, Archer, & Eslea, 2004;Coyne et al, 2008;Huesmann, Moise-Titus, Podolski, & Eron, 2003). These effects have been found for television, movies (Anastasio, 2004), video games , and music (Anderson, Carnagey, & Eubanks, 2003). These effects have been found for television, movies (Anastasio, 2004), video games , and music (Anderson, Carnagey, & Eubanks, 2003).…”