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Author Info

Source Type

Categorical

Definitional

Causal

Evaluation

Action

Jurisdiction

Up to three names,
write them all; 4+,
write first name et
al. (i.e., Smith et
al.)

(popular, scholarly,
trade, government)

Does X exist?

Is X a Y?

Does X cause Y?
Is Y a result of X?

Is it good or bad?
Fair or unfair?
Harmful or
beneficial?

What should be
done about X?

Who is responsible?

1. Ferguson,

Scholarly

Claims that
violence in
games and reallife violence
dont correlate

Christopher J.

2 Bajovic,

Violent video
games dont
cause school
shootings

scholarly

Mirjana

3. Hartmann, Tilo,

Researchers
claiming there
is correlation

Violent Video
games may
cause morality
issues in
children

Harmful for
childrens
development

scholarly

Violent video
games are
being played
more recently

Violent video
games cause
violence in kids
who play them

Harmful, games
allow children to
harm characters
in game

4. Park. Alice

popular

Kids play video

games more
now than ever

Kids showing
more hostility
that played
aggressive
games in study

Violent Video
games harmful
for children

5. ., Olson, Cheryl

scholarly

Krakowiak, K.
Maja, Tsay-Vogel
Mina

K., Kutner,
Lawrence A.,
Warner, Dorothy
E.

Grand Theft
Auto IV violent
game

Politicians,
scholars,
journalists
condemned the
game

Parents should
monitor kids
video game
habits

Parents not
watching kids
habits enough

Rockstar
Games (creator
of GTAIV)

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Author Info

Source Type

Categorical

Definitional

Causal

Evaluation

Action

Jurisdiction

Up to three names,
write them all; 4+,
write first name et
al. (i.e., Smith et
al.)

(popular, scholarly,
trade, government)

Does X exist?

Is X a Y?

Does X cause Y?
Is Y a result of X?

Is it good or bad?
Fair or unfair?
Harmful or
beneficial?

What should be
done about X?

Who is responsible?

6.Hanneke,
Polman

Scholarly

Passive
watching more
violence than
actively
playing?

Watching and
playing each
cause violence,
which is worse?

7.Hasa, Youssef
et. al

Scholarly

8. Strasburger,
Victor

Scholarly

9. Makuch,
Eddie

Popular

Evidence
shows Video
games dont
cause
aggressive
changes in
behavior from
those who play
them
Video games or
TV cause
problems with
violence in real
life?

Mass media,
television,
video games

Describes a
study that
attempts to
examine the
affects of
violent video
game playing
over 3 days

Tested many
different video
games for both
genders, no
significant
differences

No immediate
action needed

Mass Media
and Video
Games

If conclusive
evidence was
found proving
video games
caused violence
would anyone
listen to or
believe it?
Unfair and biased
research has been
saying that there
is association
between violence
and video games

Would any
action even be
taken if there
was proof?

Violent Video
Games do not
cause violence.

Mass Media/
TV/ Violent
Video games

Researchers
producing
biased articles
and publishings

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10. Teena
Willoughby,
Paul J. C.
Adachi, and
Marie Good

scholarly

Violent video
games are
present in most
peoples
everyday lives

Presents
theories of
violence in
video games
via longitudinal
studies

11. Moller,
Ingrid and
Krahe, Barbara

Scholarly

Playing video
games is one of
the most
popular leisure
activities of
children and
adolescents

Adolescents
show a higher
need for risk
taking and
physiological
arousal

12. Carroll,
Aaron

Trade

Violent Video
games are on
the rise due to
popularity

13. Kim, Ki
Joon and
Sundar, S.
Shyam

scholarly

Violent Video
games best
selling genre in
global game
market

Kids with a
history of
hostile
behavior
showed fewer
hostile
thoughts and
behavior after
playing violent
video games
Video game
controllers
shaped like
guns and
virtual reality
controllers

Study presents
results that
aggression and
long term
violent video
game play have
an association,
mostly in
adolescents
Study evidence
shows that
there is a long
term effect of
being exposed
to aggressive
behavior in
video games
for children
Violent video
games do not
cause violence
in people.

Does controller
type and screen
size have an
affect on
players
aggression

Those who
decide to play
the violent
games often

Complements
previous studies
that show an
association, sets
up groundwork
for future studies

Researchers
who published
biased and
unreliable
reviews

Brings a new
view that maybe
the violence of
video games
doesnt cause
violence, but the
screen or
controller may

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14.Seth et. al

Scholarly

Defines a study
in which player
play multiple
zombie killing
games and
review the
results

Violent
storylines cause
violent
thoughts in
those playing
through them

Creators and
writers of
games with
violent
storylines

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15. Kutner,
Lawrence and
Olsen, Cheryl
K.

Scholarly

Defines Grand
theft Auto as
most popular
violent video
game for 13
year olds, when
its rated 17 and
up.

Has a video
game industry
designer
discuss how
ratings must
be followed

Parents who let

their children
play games that
are rated too
old for them.

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