Abhängigkeit und Internet-Applikationen: Spiele, Kommunikation und Sex-Webseiten

Ŝmahel, David; Ševčíková, Anna; Blinka, Lukáš; Veselá, Martina

doi:10.1007/978-3-211-72015-8_11

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“…Griffiths (2000a) has identified several components of Internet addiction, based on the general behavioral addiction criteria described by R. I. F. Brown (1993;Griffiths, 2000aGriffiths, , 2000bWidyanto & Griffiths, 2007). These components have often been used to develop addiction scales for youths (Ko, Yen, Chen, Chen, & Yen, 2005;Lemmens, Valkenburg, & Peter, 2009;Smahel et al, 2009). According to Griffiths (2000aGriffiths ( , 2000c an Internet user can be considered addicted if he or she scores highly on six criteria.…”

Section: Internet Addictionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Associations between online friendship and Internet addiction among adolescents and emerging adults.

Ŝmahel¹,

Brown²,

Blinka³

2012

Developmental Psychology

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The past decades have witnessed a dramatic increase in the number of youths using the Internet, especially for communicating with peers. Online activity can widen and strengthen the social networks of adolescents and emerging adults (Subrahmanyam & Smahel, 2011), but it also increases the risk of Internet addiction. Using a framework derived from Griffiths (2000a), this study examined associations between online friendship and Internet addiction in a representative sample (n = 394) of Czech youths ages 12-26 years (M = 18.58). Three different approaches to friendship were identified: exclusively offline, face-to-face oriented, Internet oriented, on the basis of the relative percentages of online and offline associates in participants' friendship networks. The rate of Internet addiction did not differ by age or gender but was associated with communication styles, hours spent online, and friendship approaches. The study revealed that effects between Internet addiction and approaches to friendship may be reciprocal: Being oriented toward having more online friends, preferring online communication, and spending more time online were related to increased risk of Internet addiction; on the other hand, there is an alternative causal explanation that Internet addiction and preference for online communication conditions young people's tendency to seek friendship from people met online.

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Section: Internet Addictionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Associations between online friendship and Internet addiction among adolescents and emerging adults.

Ŝmahel¹,

Brown²,

Blinka³

2012

Developmental Psychology

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“…This research validated past U&G research, which identified several motives or gratifications for video game play, including entertainment, achievement, social activity, immersion, and escape (Bartle 1996;Courtois et al 2009;Gee 2005;Griffiths et al 2004;Griffiths and Hunt 1995;Hartmann and Klimmt 2006;Hellstrom et al 2012;Hussain and Griffiths 2009;Kim and Kim 2010;Ko et al 2005;Koo 2009;Lin and Lin 2011;Ng and Weimer-Hastings 2005;Smahel et al 2009;Song et al 2004;Wu et al 2010;Yee 2006aYee , 2006b). Online video games, especially team-based experiences, promote a sense of belonging and accomplishment to participants (Billieux et al 2013;Cole and Griffiths 2007;Greitemeyer and Mugge 2013;Greitemeyer et al 2012;Hsu, Wen, and Wu 2009;Iacono and Weisband 1997;Kowert and Oldmeadow 2013;Lin and Lin 2011;Snodgrass et al 2011;Trepte et al 2012;Williams 2006;Wu et al 2010;Yee 2002;Zhong 2011).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 80%

“…The U&G perspective assumes that users actively choose media based on the extent that it fulfills their desires and that social and psychological differences between users affect levels of fulfillment and therefore, levels of motive in their pursuit (Katz, Blumler, and Gurevitch, 1974;Parsons 1951;Pornsakulvanich, Haridakis, and Rubin 2008;Weibull 1985). Past U&G research has identified several motives or gratifications for video game play, including entertainment, achievement, social activity, immersion, and escape (Bartle 1996;Courtois et al 2009;Gee 2005;Griffiths et al 2004;Griffiths and Hunt 1995;Hartmann and Klimmt 2006;Hellstrom et al 2012;Hussain and Griffiths 2009;Kim and Kim 2010;Ko et al 2005;Koo 2009;Lin and Lin 2011;Ng and Weimer-Hastings 2005;Smahel et al 2009;Song et al 2004;Wu et al 2010;Yee 2006aYee , 2006b. Further, researchers have linked increased confidence as a motive for online game play (Puri and Pugliese 2012), as well as player-developed emotional tethers toward in-game characters or player avatars (player-controlled characters that represent the player's interaction with the game world) (Wolvendale 2006).…”

Section: Uses and Gratificationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some players invest heavily enough in in-game relationships that they may even favor them over real-life relationships (Ng and Wiemer-Hastings 2005). Some researchers even suggest that, despite the risks involved with extended play-time, the social benefits of participating in a social game-world and community greatly contribute to the psychological health of players that may not have access to FTF relationships or real-life community or are simply shy (Liu and Peng 2008;Lo, Wang, and Fang 2005;Ng and Wiemer-Hastings 2005; Skoric and Kwan 2011; Smahel et al 2009). Researchers have linked increased immersion, defined as the level of engagement within a game and the extent to which the player's real-life environment is temporarily ignored or forgotten (Jennet et al 2008), to the social aspects of game-play (Ducheneaut, Yee, Nickell, and Moore 2006;Griffiths et al 2003;Kolo and Baur 2004).…”

Section: Social Anti-social Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Social, Anti-Social Network: A Qualitative Study on Pro Social Benefits of Online Multiplayer Gaming

Hastings¹

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Using the social capital and uses and gratifications perspectives, this study employs a qualitative, interview-based approach to studying the pro-social benefits of online multiplayer gaming. Through in-depth interviews, this study contributes to the literature of pro-social benefits of online multiplayer gaming by corroborating past research with evidence that online multiplayer gaming fosters the generation of social capital, both bridging and bonding, and cultural capital. Further, online gaming offers players a sense of community, provides them the tools to form and work together in coordinated teams, and allows them to feel a sense of mastery, excitement, and accomplishment with each in-game victory. Online multiplayer video games are an increasingly popular, modern phenomenon. The online gaming community surrounding both PC and console games is growing at breakneck speed (Alvarez 2009). In 2010, consumers spent roughly 25 billion dollars on games, hardware, and accessories (ESA 2011). The online multiplayer gaming industry in particular is projected to reach 29 billion dollars in 2016 (DFC Intelligence 2011). The Microsoft online gaming service, Xbox Live, reports 48 million members across 41 countries (Microsoft 2014). Likewise, last year, Sony reported 110 million Playstation Network accounts (PlayStationLifeStyle.net 2013). In addition to Xbox and Playstation subscribers, gaming on PC is equally, if not more, popular. In 2012, it was estimated that 20 million players subscribed to online PC games, 10 million of which played World of Warcraft (MMOdata.net 2012). These online networks support communication functionality and relationship-building tools, intended to give players pro-social interaction options amidst their fantastic conquests. The recently released Destiny (Bungie 2014), a Massively Multiplayer Online First-Person Shooter (MMOFPS) game similar to World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment 2005), allows thousands of players to form online communities (Hsu and Lu 2007), wherein they may interact, collaborate, and compete in fantasy, sci-fi scenarios. The game's design revolves around pro-social contact between players by allowing existing friendships to strengthen through fierce firefights on exotic, alien planets and for complete strangers to join forces to save the galaxy. Destiny grossed 325 million dollars in its first five days of sales (Karmali 2014), and it is only one among popular games with pro-social game mechanics. It is estimated that video games are played in 67% of U.S. homes, with the average gamer playing a minimum of eight hours per week (ESA 2011). Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) gamers play even longer, up to 20 hours per week (Yee 2006a, 2006b). Destiny alone has already logged well over 100 billion

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“…Players can make use of the services provided by the games to have interactions and share interests thereby enjoy the pleasure brought about by virtual avatars [9][10]. [11] proposed three features of MMORPGs: (1) fulfilling missions and achievement, (2) being able to interact with other players, and (3) leveling up avatars. Therefore, when compared with other games, an MMORPG has a story and a quest for each avatar, and when the different players fulfill different quests, there will be different results [12].…”

Section: Mmorpgmentioning

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The Clusters of Gaming Behavior in MMORPG: A Case Study in Taiwan

Wang

Yang

Chen

et al. 2012

2012 IIAI International Conference on Advanced Applied Informatics

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The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between online gaming behavior and special underlying social group structures through the use of player information of a certain MMORPG. Data were collected from the logs of an MMORPG in 2011, recording five types of gaming behaviors, player gender, avatar gender and avatar occupation types to investigate whether different avatars affect gaming behavior. This study includes 1,727 male players and 656 female players. The results indicate that the six-cluster model has the goodness of model fit. Different clusters differ in the five different types of gaming behaviors and the choice of avatar gender and occupations. This result shows that different avatar roles will influence players' gaming behaviors.

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Abhängigkeit und Internet-Applikationen: Spiele, Kommunikation und Sex-Webseiten

Cited by 8 publications

References 32 publications

Associations between online friendship and Internet addiction among adolescents and emerging adults.

Associations between online friendship and Internet addiction among adolescents and emerging adults.

The Social, Anti-Social Network: A Qualitative Study on Pro Social Benefits of Online Multiplayer Gaming

The Clusters of Gaming Behavior in MMORPG: A Case Study in Taiwan

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