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No "Direct Causal Link" Between Games & Violence in APA Report

Sep 19, 2006 07:45

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dorothy singer, apa, esa, craig anderson, karen dill, elizabeth carll

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As Dr. Jenkins said a few days ago... jabrwock September 19 2006, 15:35:27 UTC

The news media systematically misreports these studies, trying to imply more than the researchers themselves have found.

What took so long? ;) jabrwock September 19 2006, 15:38:56 UTC

I'm glad they clarified up their statement.

However I think it is partly the responsability of such organizations to at least make a passing effort (and I don't mean "clarify when prodded by a journalist") to correct such misinterpretations, especially when people are going on national television and mirepresenting the results. It affects the reputation of the body as a whole.

On the one side, the information was used to create FUD in Average Joe. Which meant that they actually thought that it was a proven fact, when it wasn't. And on the other side, we have groups like us, who begin to assume the APA is a bunch of hacks, because they can't seem to tell the difference between a correlation & causation study...

So I'm a little disappointed that the APA didn't come out earlier to correct all the falsehoods being spread about their report.

Re: What took so long? ;) dustin1986 September 19 2006, 16:11:19 UTC

It was mostly Jack throwing that statement about the APA around though right? Did Hillary Clinton use that as evidence? I didn't hear anyone scream about it as much as he did. If their is a story on Joystiq, we might hear his "rebuttal", spoken in the third person of course.

Re: What took so long? ;) jabrwock September 19 2006, 17:47:36 UTC

Pretty much anyone who wants to further their anti-game agenda quotes that APA report at some point. Whether it be our favourite sound byte generator, or a politician who's trying to justify restricting minor's 1st Amendment rights.

dboti9k September 19 2006, 16:48:21 UTC

I guess we can add the APA to jack's long list of enemies, now.

cecil475 September 19 2006, 19:52:23 UTC

- I guess we can add the APA to jack's long list of enemies, now.

Yep. he'll say that they are funded by the videogame industry

- Warren Lewis

thefremen September 19 2006, 17:08:26 UTC

Yarr! It do be good to read not one but two good pieces of news in one day. If that scoundrel JT be bringin' up the same old lie again he should surely be walkin' the plank because of these statements me hearties.

mrpat___ September 19 2006, 17:55:21 UTC

gyar, tis Talk Like Ye Be a Pirate Day, I nare forgot!

terminator44 September 19 2006, 20:07:01 UTC

That's what it be? I be wondering why me school had "Dress Like Ye Be a Pirate" Day. If I 'ad known, I would've brought me Jolly Rodger! Obviously somebody be walkin' the plank for not telling me!

jdecamp September 19 2006, 19:11:45 UTC

keel haul the land lubber! yarr!

So editorializing, then? ace_of_sevens September 19 2006, 18:02:21 UTC

So while she does think violent video games are harmful, this is a hunch or an opinion. It hasn't really been demonstrated by the research so far. This is really something that needs to be studied in more detail to determine what kinds of long-term effects, if any are seen, whether these are universal or only apply to people with certain groups and weigh the results against whatever else people might be doing. Of course, experimental design is difficult, but that's why we have PhDs.