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Do Players Respond Similarly to All Video Violence?

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Another important variance is in the nature of video game violence itself. Not all violence in video games is the same. Violence can vary in form, in setting, in the characters involved, in reasons for its occurrence and in the consequences and outcomes it has. These variables are known to influence how viewers respond to televised violence, and some evidence has begun to emerge that the same could be true of video game violence. Once again, more research is needed here to produce a comprehensive taxonomy of the types of video game violence that might pose the worst risk to players.

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Gunter, B. (2016). Do Players Respond Similarly to All Video Violence?. In: Does Playing Video Games Make Players More Violent?. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57985-0_9

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