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Citation |
Bushman BJ, Pollard-Sacks D. Am. Psychol. 2014; 69(3): 306-307. |
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Affiliation |
Texas Southern University. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2014, American Psychological Association) |
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24750086 |
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Abstract |
Comments on the article, "Violent video games and the Supreme Court: Lessons for the scientific community in the wake of Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association," by C. J. Ferguson (see record 2013-04752-001). The commentators agree with Ferguson that the U.S. Supreme Court case involving violent video games offers scientists a unique opportunity to reflect on violent video game research and findings. However, they disagree with many of the points he made. Due to space limits, they focus on five major areas of disagreement: 1) The Supreme Court decision was based on the First Amendment, not scientific evidence, 2) comparison of two amicus briefs, 3) some disagreement in the field does mean that the field is evenly divided, 4) what constitutes a trivial effect, and 5) laboratory measures of aggression are not trivial. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved). Language: en |