Anne Collier, Is there any evidence to show that the more realistic a character, the more likely the behaviours are to be mimicked?36253
Asked by yvonnef on Nov 15 2007 10:32:25 AM and supported by 29 members
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Interesting you should ask that. I've seen only one study (at Iowa State University) that looked at animated vs. highly representational videogame characters, and it found that playing "cartoonish" violent videogames that display no blood "had the same short-term effect [on 9-to-12-year-olds and college students] of increasing aggressive behavior as the more graphic teen (T-rated) violent games." Here's the URL of my blog post talking about it.