Psychotic said:
SlayerRondo said:
To be fair they don't actually find a link between media violence and actual violence. They measure temporary increases in agression most often and that does not always equate to real life violence. When it comes to actual violence studies often show that video games have had a positive effect as people are less likely to act violently in the real world.
Are people who play violent video games more likely to do commit violent acts then those who play other video games, probably. But that would more likely indicate a correletory link rather than causal.
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Many studies write in their conclusions that it is indeed causal effect real-life violence in the long term, not short term aggression, not a correlation. Maybe they're wrong, but hese are peer-reviewed studies and I can't dispute them effecively.
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I would like to see these studies that you have found. The other thing to consider is that there are also peer reviewed papers that review previous studies, usually pointing out at the experimental flaws or for this kind of topic, misuse of certain words like violence.
