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Blood and Violence: exploring the impact of gore in violent video games
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Ashbarry, L and Geelan, B and de Salas, K and Lewis, I, Blood and Violence: exploring the impact of gore in violent video games, Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY 2016), 16-19 Otober 2016, Austin, Texas, pp. 44-52. ISBN 978-1-4503-4456-2 (2016) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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DOI: doi:10.1145/2967934.2968111
Abstract
Violence is a key element in video games and despite the extensive research in video game violence, there is still a debate on its psychophysiological effect. There is a lack of understanding on the elements of video game violence that influence aggression. The present pilot study examines the effect of blood and gore in a first-person shooter with participants playing in one of the two conditions, with or without blood and gore. To assess the effect of blood and gore, and thus violence, a number of elements were measured including physical arousal, individual differences, personality, and game experience. The results suggested that blood and gore had no effect on aggression-related associations and cognitive processes. The findings did suggest that previous game experience had a significant effect on increased physiological arousal when engaging in violent content featuring blood and gore. Furthermore, a personality trend emerged showing an effect on arousal and cognitive processes. As the study was preliminary, definitive conclusions cannot be drawn, however the findings warrant further investigation.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
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Keywords: | violence, video games, aggression, arousal, psychophysiology, blood, gore, player experience |
Research Division: | Information and Computing Sciences |
Research Group: | Information systems |
Research Field: | Information systems not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Information and Communication Services |
Objective Group: | Other information and communication services |
Objective Field: | Other information and communication services not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Ashbarry, L (Ms Louise Ashbarry) |
UTAS Author: | Geelan, B (Mr Benjamin Geelan) |
UTAS Author: | de Salas, K (Associate Professor Kristy de Salas) |
UTAS Author: | Lewis, I (Dr Ian Lewis) |
ID Code: | 111934 |
Year Published: | 2016 |
Deposited By: | Information and Communication Technology |
Deposited On: | 2016-10-17 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-13 |
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