This study deals with personality characteristics of gaming addicts, regular gamers, and non-
gamers while differentiating between the gamers' favorite game genres. In order to point out …

In 2015, the American Psychological Association (APA) released a task-force technical
report on video-game violence with a concurrent resolution statement linking violent games …

This study explores players' fright reactions and co** strategies in an immersive virtual
reality (VR) horror game. Based on Slater's theory of virtual reality, two dimensions of fear …

This study examines the extent to which online media activities are associated with
psychological well-being of adolescents. Data come from the Korean Youth Panel Survey …

Women are often depicted as sex objects rather than as human beings in the media (eg,
magazines, television programs, films, and video games). Theoretically, media depictions of …

Based on the stimulus-organism-response (SOR) framework, this research introduces
perceived value and immersive experience, and builds a model of media interaction …

Despite extensive research, the mental health implication of social media in adolescents is
not yet understood due to mixed and inconsistent findings and more in-depth qualitative …

The purpose of the present study was to examine whether (repeated) exposure to
cyberbullying as a bystander has an impact on early adolescents' moral evaluations in terms …

Despite being recognized as a global entertainment phenomenon, the nature of esports has
been a subject of ongoing debate due to its content attributes and the controversial impact it …

This study examined the effects of interactivity in violent video games on aggression and
tested identification as the moderated mediating mechanism. A total of 169 male …