1998 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The effects of media violence on affective, cognitive, physical reactons of viewers.
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09610100
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
教育・社会系心理学
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
YOSHIDA Fujio Institute of Psychology Professor, 心理学系, 教授 (80182781)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 1998
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| Keywords | media violence / videogames / cognition / emotion / physical reaction / aggressive behavior / levels of violence / levels of entertainment |
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| Research Abstract |
This report is about media violence. Six studies investigated influences of media violence and violent videogames on participants' emotion, cognition, physical reactions, and aggressive behavior. In the first chapter, three studies identified two levels in media violence : levels of violence and those of entertainment. Chapter two examined the effects of viewing one of these two videos (either highly violent or violent with high entertainment) on viewers' affective, cognitive, and physical reactions. last chapter analyzed various aspects of violent videogames, and examined relations of playing videogames (or observing videogames) with aggression.
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