Do Press Releases About Digital Game Research Influence Presumed Effects? How Details About Methodology and References to Societal Violence Affect the Anticipated Influence of Violent Video Games

Politicians, interest groups, and scholars often mention violent video games as a possible cause of societal violence. Press releases have the possibility to inform the public about how aggression is measured in academic research on violent video games, but they also have the potential to sensationalize the topic when comparisons to societal violence are made. The influence of these two factors (measurement details; violence framing) was tested...