Dr. Brad J. Bushman shares a study on aggression in which he assigned teenage boys to play different kinds of video games, and then observed how they would react when competing against each other.
An Ohio State University professor, Bushman focuses his research on the positive and negative effects of different media content. While acknowledging adults' rights to choose what media they consume, he is an advocate for making these effects on children known. Realizing that some of his findings are unpopular with mainstream channels, Bushman challenges popular conceptions by taking painstaking efforts to design his studies in accordance with the scientific method. His studies have been published in prestigious scientific journals. He has testified in the U.S. Congress on topics related to youth violence and aggression, and has served as a member of President Obama's committee on gun violence.
Since this topic can be controversial, we encourage viewers to watch the full lecture and Q&A section which follows for a more complete look at these findings.
Taken from Dr. Brad Bushman's “Is Violent Media 'Just Entertainment?'” - the keynote address from the February 18, 2014 Marjorie Pay Hinckley Lecture at Brigham Young University:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frSCW...
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