| Reference : Moral decision-making in video games: A focus group study on player perceptions |
| Scientific journals : Article | |||
| Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Multidisciplinary, general & others | |||
| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/42971 | |||
| Moral decision-making in video games: A focus group study on player perceptions | |
| English | |
Holl, Elisabeth  [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >] | |
| Bernard, Steve [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >] | |
| Melzer, André [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >] | |
| 2020 | |
| Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies | |
| 1-10 | |
| Yes | |
| International | |
| [en] content analysis ; decision-making ; focus group ; gamer ; interactivity ; meaningful play ; moral (dis)engagement ; morality ; qualitative data ; video games | |
| [en] Moral dilemmas have become increasingly popular in single player video games,
although it is still widely unknown why players find them pleasurable, how they process dilemmas, and which variables affect the processing. Therefore, three different focus groups sessions with experienced players (N = 16) were conducted. Player perceptions of meaningful and morally relevant decision situations in video games were grouped for topics and contextualized with theoretical background (e.g., moral disengagement theory). Our findings support the notion that moral decision-making in video games is a dynamic interplay between game and user-dependent variables. Results show that in addition to interactivity, which reflects the inherent property of video games, statements can be broadly grouped into factors that describe player motivation (i.e., why they morally engage or disengage) and influencing factors that shape the moral interaction itself. In summary, the present findings provide insights into players' processing of moral dilemmas in video games. | |
| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/42971 | |
| 10.1002/hbe2.189 |
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