Texas A&M university says "the correlation between real world violence and violent games is less than spurious; it’s non-existent"

This comes courtesy of G4TV.com:

A study carried out by researchers at Texas A&M International University has proven that videogame violence does not beget violence in the real world (big surprise). Researchers meta-analyzed twenty five earlier studies on the topic and discovered that the correlation between real world violence and violent games is less than spurious; it’s non-existent.

 

The study concludes, "(It) appears that news outlets may promote media violence in general, and video game violence specifically as a direct cause of violent behavior. Despite the relatively young and sparse nature of the research on violent video game effects, some researchers have claimed that the evidence is conclusive... Yet a close read of the literature reveals that many of the studies used to support this link provide only questionable or inconsistent evidence."

 

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