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Publication details [#53832]

Schmierbach, Mike. 2010. “Killing Spree”: Exploring the Connection Between Competitive Game Play and Aggressive Cognition. Communication Research 17 (2) : 256–274.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

aggression | emotion | game theory | social anthropology | video

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper explores how video game modes - i.e. cooperative, competitive, or solo- prompt aggressive cognition. The effect though appears to be mainly accounted for by social learning rather than frustration.