The perception of Costa Ricans on a connection between video games and mass shootings
Adult Costa Ricans have a perception regarding a link between video games and violence (e.g., in the form of mass shootings). The author collected the opinion of 111 individuals through the distribution of an online questionnaire. A good 37 % of the cohort responded that this form of digital enterta...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2019 |
| Country: | Costa Rica |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repository: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Language: | Spanish |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/37468 |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/estudios/article/view/37468 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | gamers; mass shootings; perception; video games; violence jugadores; percepción; tiroteos masivos; videojuegos; violencia |
| Summary: | Adult Costa Ricans have a perception regarding a link between video games and violence (e.g., in the form of mass shootings). The author collected the opinion of 111 individuals through the distribution of an online questionnaire. A good 37 % of the cohort responded that this form of digital entertainment does cause mass shootings; moreover, 51 % of the subjects agreed that video games motivate a violent conduct in people, specifically children and teenagers. In other words, the answers show that the studied population generally have a negative perception regarding the use of video games by young individuals; however, people are not inclined to blame video games for acts of violence such as mass shootings |
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