This statistic shows the results of a survey on the usage of violent games by teenagers in Germany in 2015, broken down by age group. The survey found that 70 percent of teenage gamers aged between 14 and 15 years stated that their friends played brutal or especially violent computer games, console games or online games.
Do you or your friends play brutal or especially violent computer games, console games or online games?
users of computer games, console games, online games
Method of interview
Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)
Supplementary notes
JIM is a series of surveys published by the Medienpädagogische Forschungsbund Südwest, which is supported by the Landesanstalt für Kommunikation Baden-Württemberg (LFK) and the Landeszentrale für Medien und Kommunikation Rheinlandpfalz (LMK). The surveys are developed in cooperation with SWR Medienforschung, the Zeitungs Marketing Gesellschaft (ZMG), the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, the Landeszentralen für politische Bildung Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz and the Stiftung Lesen.
The source does not provide the original wording of the question posed during the survey. The wording of the question chosen for this statistic may therefore differ slightly from the original.
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