Mechanisms of moral disengagement in violent video game play have recently received
considerable attention among communication scholars. To date, however, no study has …

Video game toxicity, endemic to online play, represents a pervasive and complex problem.
Antisocial behaviours in online play directly harm player wellbeing, enjoyment, and retention …

Game industry professionals are frequently implementing new methods of addressing
ethical issues related to in-game toxicity and disruptive player behaviours associated with …

Linking back to, the present approach conceptualizes and empirically examines viewers'
parasocial interaction experience with a TV performer. Causes and outcomes of parasocial …

This article introduces an explication of video game players' identification with a game
character or role that is based on social–psychological models of self-perception …

Comprehensive, innovative, and focused on the undergraduate student, this textbook
prepares students to read and conduct research. Using an engaging how-to approach that …

What makes virtual violence enjoyable rather than aversive? Two 2× 2 experiments tested
the assumption that moral disengagement cues provided by a violent video game's narrative …

Anecdotal evidence asserts that extremist materials on the internet play a decisive role in
radicalization processes. However, due to a structural absence of empirical data in the …

Recent research has attempted to describe meaningful experiences with entertainment
media that go beyond hedonic enjoyment. Most of this research focuses on noninteractive …

Understanding the relationship between media and morality has been a central goal for
media scholars, but this work has been limited by conceptions of morality that cannot explain …