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Didn't the rise of violent video games contribute to the decline of the youth violence? People were venting their frustration and excessive energy in video gam

by ww520 14y ago

Didn't the rise of violent video games contribute to the decline of the youth violence? People were venting their frustration and excessive energy in video games instead of on the street, leading to less violence in real life.

kolinko 14y ago
any data to support this?
- ww520 14y ago
  Google shows plenty of studies and sources. http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/05/18/uta-prof-video-games-leading-to-lower-crime-rates/ http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/05/18/uta-prof-video-games-lead... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13799616 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13799616 http://gamepolitics.com/2011/08/23/research-video-games-help-reduce-crime-rates-us#.UObLTnf76_Q http://gamepolitics.com/2011/08/23/research-video-games-help... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/8798927/Violent-video-games-reduce-crime.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/8798927/Vi...
  - kolinko 14y ago
    and this is something I can upvote :) although neither article supports your line of reasoning ("violence -> venting frustration -> less crime"), all of them mention the lack of time as a reason for crime drop.
ww520 14y ago
Wow. The downvotes. I usually don't care about the downvotes but I'm curious on this one. Did I say something off topic? Offensive? Trolling? Not contributing to the conversation? I merely pointed out another factor for the crime decline and got the downvotes. The HN crowd really doesn't like anything deviated from the norm? The HN quality is really going downhill.
ndonnellan 14y ago
I think it would be better if people stopped perpetuating the likely myth that emotions are similar to a hot gas that can be reduced in pressure by venting. - http://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/08/science/venting-anger-may-do-more-harm-than-good.html http://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/08/science/venting-anger-may-... - [PDF] http://illinois.edu/lb/files/2009/03/26/9293.pdf http://illinois.edu/lb/files/2009/03/26/9293.pdf *I'm not arguing against the video game link, just the suggested mechanism
- vacri 14y ago
  The venting anger thing is just the pop-sci opposite of not overly suppressing your emotions ('bottling them up') which is also damaging.

by ww520 14y ago

kolinko 14y ago

any data to support this?

ww520 14y ago
Google shows plenty of studies and sources. http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/05/18/uta-prof-video-games-leading-to-lower-crime-rates/ http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/05/18/uta-prof-video-games-lead... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13799616 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13799616 http://gamepolitics.com/2011/08/23/research-video-games-help-reduce-crime-rates-us#.UObLTnf76_Q http://gamepolitics.com/2011/08/23/research-video-games-help... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/8798927/Violent-video-games-reduce-crime.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/8798927/Vi...
- kolinko 14y ago
  and this is something I can upvote :) although neither article supports your line of reasoning ("violence -> venting frustration -> less crime"), all of them mention the lack of time as a reason for crime drop.

ww520 14y ago

Wow. The downvotes. I usually don't care about the downvotes but I'm curious on this one. Did I say something off topic? Offensive? Trolling? Not contributing to the conversation? I merely pointed out another factor for the crime decline and got the downvotes. The HN crowd really doesn't like anything deviated from the norm? The HN quality is really going downhill.

ndonnellan 14y ago

I think it would be better if people stopped perpetuating the likely myth that emotions are similar to a hot gas that can be reduced in pressure by venting. - http://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/08/science/venting-anger-may-do-more-harm-than-good.html http://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/08/science/venting-anger-may-... - [PDF] http://illinois.edu/lb/files/2009/03/26/9293.pdf http://illinois.edu/lb/files/2009/03/26/9293.pdf *I'm not arguing against the video game link, just the suggested mechanism

vacri 14y ago
The venting anger thing is just the pop-sci opposite of not overly suppressing your emotions ('bottling them up') which is also damaging.