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Kneer, Julia, Glock, Sabine ORCID: 0000-0003-1678-2337, Beskes, Sara and Bente, Gary (2012). Are Digital Games Perceived as Fun or Danger? Supporting and Suppressing Different Game-Related Concepts. Cyberpsychology Behav. Soc. Netw., 15 (11). S. 604 - 610. NEW ROCHELLE: MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC. ISSN 2152-2723

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Abstract

Violent digital game play has repeatedly been discussed to be strongly related to aggression and emotional instability. Thus, digital game players have to defend against these prejudices through emphasizing positive game-related concepts such as achievement, social interaction, and immersion. We experimentally investigated which positive- and negative-concept players and nonplayers activate when being primed with digital games. Participants were either exposed to violent or nonviolent game content and were required to work on a lexical decision task. Results showed that response latencies for the concept aggression and emotional instability were faster than for neutral concepts (not associated with digital games), but slower than for the positive concepts sociality and competition. Both players and nonplayers felt the need to defend against prejudices and emphasized positive concepts. Neither their own gaming experience nor the game content influenced the results. Being a part of the net generation is sufficient to suppress negative game-related concepts and to support positive game-related concepts to protect digital games as common leisure activity among peers.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Kneer, Julia UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Glock, Sabine UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-1678-2337 UNSPECIFIED Beskes, Sara UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bente, Gary UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-479585
DOI:	10.1089/cyber.2012.0171
Journal or Publication Title:	Cyberpsychology Behav. Soc. Netw.
Volume:	15
Number:	11
Page Range:	S. 604 - 610
Date:	2012
Publisher:	MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
Place of Publication:	NEW ROCHELLE
ISSN:	2152-2723
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language FIXATION TIMES; AGGRESSION; PERSONALITY; STRATEGIES; EXPERIENCE; PREDICTORS; BEHAVIOR; THOUGHT; IMPACT Multiple languages Psychology, Social Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/47958