Re:Ten year study: No link between violent video games and a...
by scpedicini on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @03:29PM
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I'm not sure I agree with your comment. While I would be willing to concede that witnessing the visualization of violence might have some kind of affect towards increased desensitization, that's not necessarily a negative.
In some situations being able to keep a cool head in a crisis or in an area where something like this might occur could actually prove to be a benefit, as you are less likely to enter a panicked state (such as working in an environment where you may witness excessive amounts of blood/gore, eg paramedic)
I think that the vast majority of people (teenagers included) are more robust than we give them credit for, and can distinguish fantasy from reality.
In some situations being able to keep a cool head in a crisis or in an area where something like this might occur could actually prove to be a benefit, as you are less likely to enter a panicked state (such as working in an environment where you may witness excessive amounts of blood/gore, eg paramedic)
I think that the vast majority of people (teenagers included) are more robust than we give them credit for, and can distinguish fantasy from reality.