VIOLENCE AND DIGITAL GAMES FACTS BEYOND MYTHS

The impact of violence presented in media on the behaviour of media content recipients has been probably the most frequent subject of research studies since the very beginning of systematic research of media themselves. Intensity of this research used to increase with each new-coming medium and takes longer depending on the complexity of its character. Digital games are not an exception. Due to the fact they basically include all previous media extended by interactive interface, research regarding the impact of violence presented within them is more complicated. Presented study critically analyses relation between violence and digital games across research topic history with the aim to explain a comprehensive discourse and separate facts from myths.