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Children's choice of games: The influence of prosocial tendency and education-level
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Chen, VH-H and Lin, W and Ng, CW and Chai, SL and Khoo, ACE and Duh, HB-L, Children's choice of games: The influence of prosocial tendency and education-level, Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Entertainment Computing - ICEC 2009, 3-5 September 2009, Paris, France, pp. 110-119. ISBN 978-3-642-04051-1 (2009) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Copyright 2009 International Federation for Information Processing
DOI: doi:10.1007/978-3-642-04052-8_10
Abstract
This study employed the uses and gratifications approach to examine
children’s choice of gaming genres. The measure of prosocial behavioral tendency
was used as an approximation of a child’s offline gratification, and this
was related to the exposure to three different genres of games (violent, aggressive
and prosocial). The influence of education level was also taken into consideration.
Data was compiled and analyzed from a survey conducted on
Singaporean schoolchildren (N = 2,640). Overall results supported the supplementary
model of gratification seeking behavior. Children with higher prosocial
scores spent significantly less time playing violent and aggressive games,
whereas children of a higher education level spent more time playing games of
all genres. The results are presented and discussed.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
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Keywords: | Uses and Gratifications, Games, Prosocial Orientations |
Research Division: | Information and Computing Sciences |
Research Group: | Library and information studies |
Research Field: | Human information interaction and retrieval |
Objective Division: | Information and Communication Services |
Objective Group: | Information systems, technologies and services |
Objective Field: | Information systems, technologies and services not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Duh, HB-L (Professor Henry Duh) |
ID Code: | 90300 |
Year Published: | 2009 |
Deposited By: | Information and Communication Technology |
Deposited On: | 2014-03-31 |
Last Modified: | 2014-12-08 |
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