The Impact of a Video Game on Criminal Thinking

Shaw, Jonathan; Crosby, Kimberly A.; Porter, Stephen

doi:10.1177/1046878115574018

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“…Such tasks have been shown to overcome the limitations of direct or self-report measures of empathy (e.g. Kämpfe et al ., 2009 ) and have revealed that violent gaming is associated with increased endorsement of implicit, but not explicit, criminal attitudes following exposure to Grand Theft Auto gameplay ( Shaw et al ., 2014 ).…”

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The impact of acute violent videogame exposure on neurocognitive markers of empathic concern

Ritchie,

Compton,

Oliver

et al. 2024

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

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Research examining the purported association between violent gaming and aggression remains controversial due to concerns related to methodology, unclear neurocognitive mechanisms, and the failure to adequately consider the role of individual differences in susceptibility. To help address these concerns, we used fMRI and an emotional empathy task to examine whether acute and cumulative violent gaming exposure were associated with abnormalities in emotional empathy as a function of trait-empathy. Emotional empathy was targeted given its involvement in regulating not only aggression, but also other important social functions such as compassion and prosocial behaviour. We hypothesized that violent media exposure increases the risk of aberrant social behaviour by altering the aversive value of distress cues. Contrary to expectations, neither behavioural ratings nor empathy-related brain activity varied as a function of violent gaming exposure. Notably, however, activation patterns in somatosensory and motor cortices reflected an interaction between violent media exposure and trait empathy. Thus, our results are inconsistent with a straightforward relationship between violent media exposure and reduced empathy. Furthermore, they highlight the importance of considering both individual differences in susceptibility, and other aspects of cognition related to social functioning to best inform public concern regarding safe gaming practices.

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The impact of acute violent videogame exposure on neurocognitive markers of empathic concern

Ritchie,

Compton,

Oliver

et al. 2024

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

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“…In most cases, this involved asking players to agree or disagree with written statements that indicate a specific stance toward an issue. This kind of self-reported attitude testing is highly flexible when compared to more objective measures like the implicit association test (used by and Shaw, Crosby, & Porter, 2014), as it allows the researcher to match the measurement to the specific topic. Persuasive games deal with diverse topics and even vary greatly in what they focus on within a topic area (Jacobs, Jansz, & De la Hera, 2017); indeed, in all but a few cases, it is not particularly fruitful to try to gauge the effects of games with more general measurements.…”

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A Breathtaking Journey. Appealing to Empathy in a Persuasive Mixed-Reality Game

Kors¹,

Ferri

Spek

et al. 2021

Persuasive Gaming in Context

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Persuasive games are designed for a variety of objectives, from marketing to healthcare and activism. Some of the more socially aware ones cast players as members of disenfranchised minorities, prompting them to see what they see. In parallel, designers have started to leverage system-immersion to enable players to temporarily feel like another person, to sense what they sense. From these converging perspectives, we hypothesize a stilluncharted space of opportunities at the crossroads of games, empathy, persuasion, and system-immersion. We explored this space by designing A Breathtaking Journey, a mixed-reality game providing a first-person perspective of a refugee’s journey. A qualitative study was conducted to tease out empathy-arousing characteristics, provide insights on empathic experiences, and contribute three design opportunities: visceral engagement, reflective moments, and affective appeals.

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“…In most cases, this involved asking players to agree or disagree with written statements that indicate a specific stance toward an issue. This kind of self-reported attitude testing is highly flexible when compared to more objective measures like the implicit association test (used by Gerling, Birk, & Mandryk, 2014;and Shaw, Crosby, & Porter, 2014), as it allows the researcher to match the measurement to the specific topic. Persuasive games deal with diverse topics and even vary greatly in what they focus on within a topic area (Jacobs, Jansz, & De la Hera, 2017); indeed, in all but a few cases, it is not particularly fruitful to try to gauge the effects of games with more general measurements.…”

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confidence: 99%

Persuasive Gaming in Context

2021

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This chapter offers a multifaceted reflection on persuasive gaming divided into three pillars: persuasiveness, design, and validation. The first section on persuasiveness is a critical review of previous and current persuasive gaming theory and analysis. It argues that the contemporary gaming landscape needs to expand theoretically and presents a multidimensional persuasive approach as one way in which this can be done. The following section on the design of persuasive games looks at research on design principles, which are the defining characteristics of persuasive games. The final section on validation discusses existing studies on the effects of persuasive games and the case-based assessment of the impact of new games.

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The Impact of a Video Game on Criminal Thinking

Cited by 6 publications

References 41 publications

The impact of acute violent videogame exposure on neurocognitive markers of empathic concern

The impact of acute violent videogame exposure on neurocognitive markers of empathic concern

A Breathtaking Journey. Appealing to Empathy in a Persuasive Mixed-Reality Game

Persuasive Gaming in Context

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