Bastian et al

Bastian Et Al

Cyber Dehumanisation - The Theory that violent video game play diminishes our humanity 

Aims -> to investigate to what extent video games affected participants' perception of their own humanity as well as that of other players.

Study 1

Procedure 

• Mortal combat and top spin tennis.
• 106 undergrads, 74 women, 32 men, aged 17-34.
• Randomly assigned a game
• Played for approx. 15 mins with a wall between the two people playing.
• They were all given a questionnaire  and were laid out in the form of Likert scales (1-7)

Results

• Participants found both games equally frustrating.
• Mortal combat was the more enjoyable of the two and significantly more exciting
• The mean score for humanity was lower in the violent…