Reference : Are digital games perceived as fun or danger? Supporting and suppressing different ga...

	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Social, industrial & organizational psychology
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/6759

Title :	Are digital games perceived as fun or danger? Supporting and suppressing different game-related concepts
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Kneer, Julia [Cologne University, Germany]
	Glock, Sabine [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Languages, Culture, Media and Identities (LCMI) >]
	Beskes, Sarah [Cologne University, Germany]
	Bente, Gary [Cologne University, Germany]
Publication date :	2012
Journal title :	Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
Publisher :	Mary Ann Liebert
Volume :	15
Pages :	604-609
Peer reviewed :	Yes (verified by ORBilu)
Audience :	International
ISSN :	2152-2715
e-ISSN :	2152-2723
City :	New Rochelle
Country :	NY
Abstract :	[en] Violent digital game play has repeatedly been discussed to be strongly related to aggression and emotional instability. Thus, digital game players have to defend against these prejudices through emphasizing positive game-related concepts such as achievement, social interaction, and immersion. We experimentally investigated which positive- and negative-concept players and nonplayers activate when being primed with digital games. Participants were either exposed to violent or nonviolent game content and were required to work on a lexical decision task. Results showed that response latencies for the concept aggression and emotional instability were faster than for neutral concepts (not associated with digital games), but slower than for the positive concepts sociality and competition. Both players and nonplayers felt the need to defend against prejudices and emphasized positive concepts. Neither their own gaming experience nor the game content influenced the results. Being a part of the net generation is sufficient to suppress negative game-related concepts and to support positive game-related concepts to protect digital games as common leisure activity among peers.
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/6759
DOI :	10.1089/cyber.2012.0171

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