Published July 15, 2014 This content is archived.
An article in TIME Magazine reports on a study by Matthew Grizzard, assistant professor of communication, that showed that playing a terrorist in a violent video game may make you an all-around better person. “This may, as it does in real life, provoke players to engage in voluntary behavior that benefits others,” he said. Articles about the research appear in news outlets that include International Business Times, University Herald, England’s Metro, GamePolitics, Consumer Affairs, OverClockers Club, Science 2.0 and PsychCentral.
http://time.com/#2940491/study-violent-video-games-morally-sensitive/
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/violent-video-games-help-increase-moral-sensitivity-1454720
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/bad-video-games-may-have-good-results-063014.html
http://www.overclockersclub.com/news/36492/
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