Militaristic Attitudes and the Use of Digital Games

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https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000329661300002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
DOI
10.1177/1555412013493498
eISSN
1555-4139
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  • Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: 289DJ
ISSN
1555-4120
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
6
Zeitschrift
GAMES AND CULTURE
Schlüsselwörter
  • digital games
  • militaristic attitudes
  • cultivation
  • narrative persuasion
  • first-person shooters
Paginierung
392 - 407
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2013
Status
Published
Titel
Militaristic Attitudes and the Use of Digital Games
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  • Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
8

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Abstract
<jats:p> From their beginnings until today, digital games have been a substantial part of what has been labeled the “military–entertainment complex” deeply imbued with militaristic messages and imagery. Within cultivation research, this enhanced exposure to war and militarism is supposed to be associated with the adoption of military norms and thinking. Concepts on narrative persuasion specify this relationship between certain narratives and the adoption of story-inherent beliefs. Based on these theoretical concepts, the present study tries to investigate the relationship between aspects of gaming and militaristic attitudes. We carried out a representative survey of 4,500 gamers with an added control group of 500 nongamers. Militaristic attitudes were measured using a newly developed multidimensional militarism scale. Structural equation modeling did not reveal any relationship between gaming and militaristic attitudes. Moreover, neither the gaming type (multiplayer vs. single) nor the gaming frequency or a preference for shooter games was significantly related to militarism. </jats:p>
Autoren
DOI
10.1177/1555412013493498
eISSN
1555-4139
ISSN
1555-4120
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
6
Zeitschrift
Games and Culture
Sprache
en
Online publication date
2013
Paginierung
392 - 407
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2013
Status
Published
Herausgeber
SAGE Publications
Herausgeber URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1555412013493498
Datum der Datenerfassung
2021
Titel
Militaristic Attitudes and the Use of Digital Games
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
8

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