Survey Finds Most Americans Believe Games Cause Violence

[Neofishie]

Everyone's missing what I think is the most important, and the most hope filled, part of the survey results:

5% of people think the government should be responsible for regulating vg violence
71% think parents should be responsible

Hell yes. I don't care what people think about video games contributing to violence, as long as they recognize parents should be responsible for limiting children's exposure.

I was beginning to wonder if I was the only person who read that. Once I read that, I saw the survey as saying "People have opinions, but parents realize that they'll look after their child and let you look after yours."

Am I alone in this interpretation?

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

Source: Rasmussen Reports [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/november_2010/54_think_violent_video_games_lead_to_more_violence_in_society]

That right there is the problem; this is Rasmussen we're dealing with, they're notorious for questionable methodology and a right wing bias. I wouldn't pay this particular survey any attention.

 

[OANST]

Survey says: Escapist writer uses anecdotal evidence to make himself look smart in latest aggressive, ill-informed article.

Well, care to fix that, or are you just going to be a passive-aggressive jerk who calls out paid journalists without any supporting evidence?

Oh right, it's the internet.

What do you want me to do? Fire him? Or is this the "If you don't have anything nice to say" talk?

Besides, I'm not passive aggressive. I'm aggressive aggressive.

 

[mjc0961]

No, survey finds that most people surveyed believe video games cause violence. Not that most Americans believe that.

1,000 people is hardly an accurate representation of the millions of people who live in this country. I wish these people and their dumb surveys would fuck off already.

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

Damn it...

Get some common sense people!

 

[Kenko]

Survey finds that most Americans believe everything the media tells them.

 

[messy]

The last time I checked 1000 people is not the population of America. And all these sorts of things have loads of inherent bias, just think only those with enough time to do the survey would be able to actually do it. I

I don't think we should be too worried

No, survey finds that most people surveyed believe video games cause violence. Not that most Americans believe that.

1,000 people is hardly an accurate representation of the millions of people who live in this country. I wish these people and their dumb surveys would fuck off already.

Sorry didn't see that this lovely individual had beaten me to this.

 

[Delusibeta]

Source: Rasmussen Reports [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/november_2010/54_think_violent_video_games_lead_to_more_violence_in_society]

That right there is the problem; this is Rasmussen we're dealing with, they're notorious for questionable methodology and a right wing bias. I wouldn't pay this particular survey any attention.

Heh. Look at the video section, and the number of times the founder has been on Fox News. Enough said, I think.

 

[Jamous]

come on people let's get a facepalm combo going!

That is the most epic way to describe how I'm feeling right now.
Anyhoo, this is the biggest load of bollocks. If violent games were the cause of violent crime then the violent crime statistic would be through the fucking roof. We'd see far more people obviously being incredibly violent if this were genuinely the case, rather than the odd one or two who go on a shooting and -happened- to play video games. Correlation does not imply Causation.
Also, according to some people, playing violent games is apparently worse than prior record of violence. Can you imagine the scene?

"Oh, officer, it's terrible, my son was murdered in a bar fight!"
"I'm sorry maam it was self defense"
"What? The murderer killed before! He was convicted!"
"I'm afraid your child played one too many violent video games. He's far more likely to be the perpetrator who started the fight."
"But he only played Pong! Once!"
"I'm sorry maam, there are several precedents. Please drop the matter and return to your home."

Because I'm above Hyperbole.

Anyways. In conclusion, people are stupid, have a fucking facepalm.

 

[FinalHeart95]

Also noteworthy is the fact that adults with children are less concern about the levels of violence in videogames than those without

So the people that shouldn't worry about video game violence are the ones that do.

I give up.

 

[Karakasa]

What some people forget is that these people/parents/mental patient are the same people who banned the word "flip knife" in comic books in case children would say "Look he's got a f**k knife".

 

[lacktheknack]

Survey says: Escapist writer uses anecdotal evidence to make himself look smart in latest aggressive, ill-informed article.

Well, care to fix that, or are you just going to be a passive-aggressive jerk who calls out paid journalists without any supporting evidence?

Oh right, it's the internet.

What do you want me to do? Fire him? Or is this the "If you don't have anything nice to say" talk?

Besides, I'm not passive aggressive. I'm aggressive aggressive.

No, I expect you to say why the article is ill-informed.

 

[Wandrecanada]

Were the respondents screened as to weather or not they have actually played a video game in the past 15-20 years? Concern over something that you have no experience with pretty much invalidates your opinion. It's why something like a Constitution tries to protect minorities. Overwhelming ignorance is no excuse for public policy.

 

[OANST]

Survey says: Escapist writer uses anecdotal evidence to make himself look smart in latest aggressive, ill-informed article.

Well, care to fix that, or are you just going to be a passive-aggressive jerk who calls out paid journalists without any supporting evidence?

Oh right, it's the internet.

What do you want me to do? Fire him? Or is this the "If you don't have anything nice to say" talk?

Besides, I'm not passive aggressive. I'm aggressive aggressive.

No, I expect you to say why the article is ill-informed.

I have. Many times throughout this thread. Though I agree that I neglected to be precise about it in my first post, and for that I accept your criticism.

 

[Dogstile]

Most Americans believe in a giant living in the clouds too, but we try not to laugh at them for that!

Well, that certainly was edgy! Oh noes, i'm going to be sued for using that :L

No offence, but that's like a middle finger to christians & catholics, next time, THINK before you do anything.(coincidentally, that is just what those adults need to do).

Somehow I think that was the point.

OT: Look at the questions, then realise that they used overly vague and broad terms.

 

[Ravek]

A new survey has found that in spite of statistical evidence to the contrary, the majority of Americans believe that violent videogames cause more violence in society.

Yeah, most people are dumb and/or ignorant ... what else is new?

 

[ffs-dontcare]

I love how it says "the majority of the country's population believe this" and yet the survey was only for 1000 people.

Now, I could make a gross generalization about how Americans are not so intelligent compared to the rest of us, but what's the point?