My husband has to get this survey answered for school. If you would please participate I'd greatly appreciate it. Please email all answers to tristalyn@comcast.net. (or tristalyn@gridstream.org)
The Survey:
Video Game Violence Survey
1. What is your age and gender?
2. What do you believe constitutes violence in a video game?
3. From your answer to question two, why do you play games that have violence in them?
4. Do you think crimes committed by children and/or teenagers who play violent games can be connected to experiences playing those games?
5. On a scale of one to ten, ten being the most important, rate the importance of studies showing that violence in video games leads to violence in real life.
6. In a 1998 study by Lt. Col David Grossman, he states that, “Children don’t naturally kill; they learn it from violence in the home and, most pervasively, from violence as entertainment in television, movies, and interactive video games." Do you believe that a video game, in itself, can teach a child to kill? Yes/No
7. Which of these reasons do you believe constitutes the most violence in children?
a. playing violent games such as “Grand Theft Auto”
b. lack of guidance and/or leadership from a parent(s) or guardian
c. violence depicted in movies or on television
d. a genetic mental instability
8. Have you ever acted out any violence from a video game? Yes/No