Reference : To Kill or Not to Kill – An experimental test of moral Decision-Making in gaming

	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Communication & mass media
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/51711

Title :	To Kill or Not to Kill – An experimental test of moral Decision-Making in gaming
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Holl, Elisabeth [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS) >]
	Steffgen, Georges [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS) >]
	Melzer, André [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS) >]
Publication date :	17-Mar-2022
Journal title :	Entertainment Computing
Publisher :	Elsevier
Peer reviewed :	Yes
Audience :	International
ISSN :	1875-9521
e-ISSN :	1875-953X
City :	Amsterdam
Country :	Netherlands
Keywords :	[en] gaming ; morality ; decision-making
Abstract :	[en] Commercial video game titles with meaningful and morally relevant storylines are becoming increasingly popular and an intensely researched topic for entertainment scholars. In line with this research, the current study investigates behavioral, emotional, and personality patterns of moral decision-making in gaming with a special emphasis on selected contextual factors. In the current laboratory experiment, a total of N = 101 participants played four chapters of Detroit: Become Human for approx. 55 min. A maximum of 13 moral decisions had to be made either under time pressure or not. Before playing, participants were assigned to one of three conditions (i.e., playing morally vs. immorally framed character vs. no framing/control condition). As expected, players generally preferred to act morally regardless of character framing. Time pressure further increased the proportion of moral (vs. immoral) decision-making. Our results underline that moral decision-making is dependent on specific contexts and that morality theories can be applied to virtual gaming scenarios.
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/51711
DOI :	10.1016/j.entcom.2022.100485

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