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Episode 19: Boom, Headshot!
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内容由Chad Haefele & Brandon Carper, Chad Haefele, and Brandon Carper提供。所有播客内容(包括剧集、图形和播客描述)均由 Chad Haefele & Brandon Carper, Chad Haefele, and Brandon Carper 或其播客平台合作伙伴直接上传和提供。如果您认为有人在未经您许可的情况下使用您的受版权保护的作品,您可以按照此处概述的流程进行操作https://zh.player.fm/legal。
It’s not often there’s breaking news in the world of academic articles on gaming, but a potential retraction of an article is worth talking about. A 2014 study called “Boom, Headshot! Effect of Video Game Play and Controller Type on Firing Aim and Accuracy� concluded that playing games with a gun-shaped controller, even briefly, will make the player much more accurate at shooting a real gun. That study went on to be cited in policy documents and the news, but there’s just one problem: some of the data may have been falsified or manipulated. What does this mean for academic gaming research? Can or should we trust a single published study?
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Show Notes & Links
- Boom, Headshot! Effect of Video Game Play and Controller Type on Firing Aim and Accuracy, by Brad Bushman & Jodi Whitaker, 2014, Communication Research
- Dispute over shooter video games may kill recent paper (Retraction Watch)
- Analyses of Miscoded Data, a timeline of the investigation into the article’s data
- Origins of the “Boom, Headshot� meme
- Andrew Przybylski on Twitter
- Do violent video games play a role in shootings? (CNN)
- APA’s Resolution on Violent Video Games
- More details on replication rates of academic studies
Other games mentioned in this episode:
- Mario Kart 8
- Duck Hunt
- Resident Evil 4
- Wii Play
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Halo
- Super Scope
- Pong
- Asteroids
26集单集
Manage episode 180241536 series 1450546
内容由Chad Haefele & Brandon Carper, Chad Haefele, and Brandon Carper提供。所有播客内容(包括剧集、图形和播客描述)均由 Chad Haefele & Brandon Carper, Chad Haefele, and Brandon Carper 或其播客平台合作伙伴直接上传和提供。如果您认为有人在未经您许可的情况下使用您的受版权保护的作品,您可以按照此处概述的流程进行操作https://zh.player.fm/legal。
It’s not often there’s breaking news in the world of academic articles on gaming, but a potential retraction of an article is worth talking about. A 2014 study called “Boom, Headshot! Effect of Video Game Play and Controller Type on Firing Aim and Accuracy� concluded that playing games with a gun-shaped controller, even briefly, will make the player much more accurate at shooting a real gun. That study went on to be cited in policy documents and the news, but there’s just one problem: some of the data may have been falsified or manipulated. What does this mean for academic gaming research? Can or should we trust a single published study?
…
continue reading
Show Notes & Links
- Boom, Headshot! Effect of Video Game Play and Controller Type on Firing Aim and Accuracy, by Brad Bushman & Jodi Whitaker, 2014, Communication Research
- Dispute over shooter video games may kill recent paper (Retraction Watch)
- Analyses of Miscoded Data, a timeline of the investigation into the article’s data
- Origins of the “Boom, Headshot� meme
- Andrew Przybylski on Twitter
- Do violent video games play a role in shootings? (CNN)
- APA’s Resolution on Violent Video Games
- More details on replication rates of academic studies
Other games mentioned in this episode:
- Mario Kart 8
- Duck Hunt
- Resident Evil 4
- Wii Play
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Halo
- Super Scope
- Pong
- Asteroids
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