What Do Players of Video Games Experience When Enacting Virtual Violence?.

Format:

Video

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence in video games.

Psychological games.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (15 minutes)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Latest Thinking, [date of publication not identified]

System Details:

video file

Summary:

The topic of virtual violence in video games has been highly contested in Germany and other countries, especially in the context of school shootings. In contrast to these public debates, CHRISTOPH BAREITHER is interested in investigating the emotional experiences players have while enacting virtual violence. As he explains in this video, he used an ethnographic approach known as participant observation - in this case playing over a thousand hours of video games - in combination with interviews and the study of magazine articles in order to establish the emotional practices of players. He found that these emotional experiences are indeed very heterogeneous and very complex. This finding offers a new insight that could contribute to future public and political debates on the topic.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed August 24, 2020).

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