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August 1, 2006

UIUC Study: No strong link between games and violence

From the UIUC News Bureau:
http://www.news.uiuc.edu/news/05/0809videogames.html

No strong link seen between violent video games and aggression

"Results from the first long-term study of online videogame playing may be surprising.

Contrary to popular opinion and most previous research, the new study found that players’ “robust exposure” to a highly violent online game did not cause any substantial real-world aggression."

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The study in question was conducted by UIUC researcher Dmitri Williams (Speech Communications).

Posted by undergrad at August 1, 2006 4:10 PM

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