Addressing interpersonal harm in online gaming communities: The opportunities and challenges for a restorative justice approach

S Xiao, S Jhaver, N Salehi - ACM Transactions on Computer-Human …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Most social media platforms implement content moderation to address interpersonal harms
such as harassment. Content moderation relies on offender-centered, punitive approaches …

[HTML][HTML] How perceived toxicity of gaming communities is associated with social capital, satisfaction of relatedness, and loneliness

J Frommel, D Johnson, RL Mandryk - Computers in Human Behavior …, 2023 - Elsevier
There are various benefits of playing multiplayer games, such as enjoyment, satisfaction of
basic psychological needs, facilitation of social relationships, and coping and recovery …

Cyberbullying in the metaverse: A prescriptive perception on global information systems for user protection

U Upadhyay, A Kumar, G Sharma, BB Gupta… - Journal of Global …, 2023 - igi-global.com
The emergence of the metaverse, a virtual reality space, has ushered in a new era of digital
experiences and interactions in global information systems. With its unique social norms and …

Help, my game is toxic! First insights from a systematic literature review on intervention systems for toxic behaviors in online video games

M Wijkstra, K Rogers, RL Mandryk… - … Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Toxicity is a common problem in online games. Players regularly experience negative,
hateful, or inappropriate behavior during gameplay. Intervention systems can help combat …

Suspecting sarcasm: how league of legends players dismiss positive communication in toxic environments

S Poeller, MJ Dechant, M Klarkowski… - Proceedings of the ACM …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Toxicity in multiplayer gaming is an ongoing problem that threatens the well-being of
players, gaming communities, and game developers. Meanwhile, interventions that promote …

Traumatizing or just annoying? Unveiling the spectrum of gamer toxicity in the starcraft II community

S Laato, B Kordyaka, J Hamari - Proceedings of the CHI Conference on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
The aim of this work is to explore the forms of toxic behaviour that players encounter in
competitive multiplayer real-time strategy (RTS) games. To this end, we carried out …

Privacy Is the Price: Player Views and Technical Evaluation of Data Practices in Online Games

A Bourdoucen, L Nurgalieva, J Lindqvist - Proceedings of the ACM on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Online games engage players in sharing their personal data with the games themselves and
other players, which can pose security, privacy, and integrity risks to players. This paper …

Challenges to Combating Toxicity and Harassment in Multiplayer Games: Involving the HCI Games Research Community

J Frommel, RL Mandryk, M Klarkowski - Extended Abstracts of the 2022 …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Toxicity is and remains a problem in multiplayer games, and can result in harm for players
and game environments. Grounded in prior work, we present four challenges that impede …

Toxicity in Online Games: The Prevalence and Efficacy of Coping Strategies

J Frommel, RL Mandryk - Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Toxicity is pervasive in online multiplayer games, exposing players to disruptive and harmful
behaviours. Players employ various approaches to cope with exposure to toxicity; however …

Measuring toxicity toward women in game-based communities

M Belskie, H Zhang… - Journal of Electronic …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
Prior research into gaming toxicity in game-specific Reddit communities nearly always
considers toxicity in aggregate, and so provides very few clues for a valid coding scheme for …