I really hate studies like this. Their methodology was absolutely terrible, and absolutely does not support the conclusions they drew.
What they have shown is that exposure to violent fiction results in the production of more violent fiction, and nothing else. The researchers, like so many others, made the fundamental mistake of conflating fiction and reality. Fiction, however, is not reality. And naming violent acts to be incuded in a fictional story is not equivalent in any significant way with actual violence.
What they have shown is that exposure to violent fiction results in the production of more violent fiction, and nothing else. The researchers, like so many others, made the fundamental mistake of conflating fiction and reality. Fiction, however, is not reality. And naming violent acts to be incuded in a fictional story is not equivalent in any significant way with actual violence.