Look on the Bright Side (of Media Effects): <i>Pokémon Go</i> as a Catalyst for Positive Life Experiences

Bonus, James Alex; Peebles, Alanna; Mares, Marie‐Louise; Sarmiento, Irene G.

doi:10.1080/15213269.2017.1305280

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“…Together, these findings suggest that people play Pokémon Go with existing friends rather than forming significant numbers of new relationships. This is consistent with a recent study, which finds that playing the game has increased the social interactions among players [47].…”

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Impact of Playing Pokémon Go on Wellness

Nikou

Tarvoll²,

Öörni

2018

Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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Impact of Playing Pokémon Go on Wellness

Nikou

Tarvoll²,

Öörni

2018

Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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“…Pokémon Go players tend to meet each in hotspots where the chances of catching Pokémon are high. Because people have similar interests, social interactions occur in hotspots, which help them form positive emotions and friendship initiation/intensification (Bonus et al, 2017). Many Pokémon Go players use Pokewalks as an excuse to go out with friends or engage with other Pokémon players, supporting the social benefits of playing Pokémon Go (LeBlanc and Chaput, 2017;Serino et al, 2016).…”

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Continuance use intention with mobile augmented reality games

Jang

2019

ITP

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Purpose As mobile augmented reality (AR) games enter the maturity stage, understanding how to improve players’ continuance use intention with mobile AR games is critical. Drawing upon the uses and gratifications (U&G) theory, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of four major gratifications – content, process, social and technology – and other factors on continuance intention to play mobile AR games. Design/methodology/approach Data collected from 280 Pokémon Go players were used to address research questions. Partial least squares method was employed to assess the relationships in the model and multigroup analysis was conducted based on survey participants’ demographics and their gaming experience. Findings Content gratification (i.e. catching Pokémon), process gratification (i.e. entertainment), game knowledge and achievement drive players’ continuance use intention. However, social and technology gratifications do not influence players’ continuance use intention. Multigroup analysis suggests that mobile AR game developers should capitalize on the fact that different types of gratifications prompt continuance use intention of different user segments in terms of demographics and experience in general mobile games and Pokémon Go. Originality/value The user behavior of mobile AR games has been studied at the early stage of the games, with less attention to variable continuance use intentions across different user segments. This paper attempts to fill the gap by extending the U&G theory to continuance use intention of mobile AR games at the maturity stage and further investigating the importance of player heterogeneity in continuance use intention with mobile AR games. The findings of this study contribute to the literature on U&G, continuance use intention and mobile AR games.

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“…Recent research indicates that Pokémon Go has been highly efficacious in appealing to a wide range of gamers, from new gamers to hardcore fans, as well as a large number of females and older age groups. For instance, the study carried out with 18-75 year olds Pokémon Go players in USA illustrates that the game supported the wellbeing of the players in terms of friendship formation and strengthening as well as walking outdoors [8]. Another study by Kogan et al [40] investigating the physical and psychological gains through Pokémon Go use by those aged 18-over 50 years old (predominantly females) revealed that the participants spend more time with family and pets after they started playing the game.…”

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How players across gender and age experience Pokémon Go?

Malik

Hiekkanen

Hussain

et al. 2019

Univ Access Inf Soc

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The purpose of this study is to provide insights into player experiences and motivations in Pokémon Go, a relatively new phenomenon of location-based augmented reality games. With the increasing usage and adoption of various forms of digital games worldwide, investigating the motivations for playing games has become crucial not only for researchers but for game developers, designers, and policy makers. Using an online survey (N = 1190), the study explores the motivational, usage, and privacy concerns variations among age and gender groups of Pokémon Go players. Most of the players, who are likely to be casual gamers, are persuaded toward the game due to nostalgic association and word of mouth. Females play Pokémon Go to fulfill physical exploration and enjoyment gratifications. On the other hand, males seek to accomplish social interactivity, achievement, coolness, and nostalgia gratifications. Compared to females, males are more concerned about the privacy aspects associated with the game. With regard to age, younger players display strong connotation with most of the studied gratifications and the intensity drops significantly with an increase in age. With the increasing use of online and mobile games worldwide among all cohorts of society, the study sets the way for a deeper analysis of motivation factors with respect to age and gender. Understanding motivations for play can provide researchers with the analytic tools to gain insight into the preferences for and effects of game play for different kinds of users.

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Look on the Bright Side (of Media Effects): Pokémon Go as a Catalyst for Positive Life Experiences

Cited by 79 publications

References 58 publications

Impact of Playing Pokémon Go on Wellness

Impact of Playing Pokémon Go on Wellness

Continuance use intention with mobile augmented reality games

How players across gender and age experience Pokémon Go?

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