2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
An Empirical Research of the Effects of Media Violence to Children's Asocial Behavior
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14580272
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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 |
教科教育
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Gakugei University |
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Principal Investigator |
WADA Masato Tokyo Gakugei University, Education, Assistant Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (40302905)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SASAKI Teruyoshi International Christian University, liberal Arts, Professor, 教養学部, 教授 (70235258)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2004
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| Keywords | Media Violence / Computer Game Violence / Asocial Behavior / Reality Orientation / Fantasy Orientation / Media Exposure |
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| Research Abstract |
This research clarified the effects of media violence to children's asocial behavior. The study focused on the relation of Reality-Fantasy Orientation to asocial behavior in the exposure of violence computer game. The result revealed that the exposure of the game some increased the sensitization to asocial behavior. The study did not enplane the relation of Reality-Fantasy Orientation to asocial behavior in the exposure of violence computer game even though they say that computer game has two-way communication media and the game exposure has a strong relation to asocial behavior in CMC research. The result supposed that subjects had less asocial behavior and/or obstacle factor to the effects of violence computer game. The last research revealed that the exposure of TV violent program increased asocial behavior (WADA,2002). The difference between these results is supposed to be in the level of exposure and orientation.
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