Violent games: usage by teenagers in Germany 2015| ��ƽ��

Do you or your friends play brutal or especially violent computer games, console games, tablet games or online games?

Characteristic	2014 (n=933)	2015 (n=970)
Yes, my friends play	71%	71%
Yes, I play myself	43%	43%

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November 2015

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

May 13 to July 27, 2014; May 26 to June 28, 2015

Age group

12-19 years

Special properties

users of computer games, console games, online games

Method of interview

Telephone interview

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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This statistic shows the results of a survey on the usage of violent games by teenagers in Germany in 2014 and 2015. The survey found that in the latter year roughly 71 percent of teenage gamers stated that their friends played brutal or especially violent computer, console, tablet or online games.