2016
DOI: 10.1007/s40812-016-0025-x
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The dark side of social media game: the addiction of social gamers

Abstract: There is a rise in the number of people playing social games in recent years. Based on our observations, we found that many social gamers were spending a lot of time and money on social games. They were addicted to the social games.To have a better understanding of the virtual consumption behavior, we conducted this research using a grounded theory approach. We found that social gamers were willing to spend a lot of time and money on the game because by playing the game, they could: get an enhanced self-concep… Show more

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“…so‐called ‘limited time’ offers). These schemes may entice some players with access to credit cards to spend more money than they can afford . Younger players may be particularly less equipped to critically appraise the value proposition of these schemes.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…so‐called ‘limited time’ offers). These schemes may entice some players with access to credit cards to spend more money than they can afford . Younger players may be particularly less equipped to critically appraise the value proposition of these schemes.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…In addition, adolescents who have access to parental credit cards, may be vulnerable to excessive spending on playing online games (King & Delfabbro, 2016). Buying items using parent credit cards usually non-refundable, and game developers do not include any other precautions or safeguards to prevent excessive spending (Gainsbury, King, Russell, Delfabbro, & Hing, 2017;Kalhour & Ng, 2016). Therefore, it is crucial for parents always to monitor the use of technology provided to their children.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We adopted the grounded theory research method for the current study (Glaser & Strauss, 1967;Kalhour & Ng, 2016). We conducted a series of semi-structured interviews with students who had participated in entrepreneurship competition to collect our data.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%