Philanthropic, prosocial players: How game-related charity events motivate unlikely donors
| Autor: | Amanda C Cote, Sonya Dal Cin, Liese Exelmans, Matea Mustafaj |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | New Media & Society. :146144482211307 |
| ISSN: | 1461-7315 1461-4448 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/14614448221130738 |
| Popis: | Although we have long known that many different types of individuals play video games, the stereotypical “gamer” is often portrayed as a young male. Furthermore, research into questions such as violence and aggression, addiction or problematic play, and toxic gaming communities tends to frame gamers and gaming as anti-social. From a philanthropic perspective, then, gamers appear to be unlikely candidates for charitable giving. Following attendance at a fundraising game tournament for Gamers Outreach, a non-profit charity that provides video game systems to children’s hospitals, this research team conducted a survey of attendees. Our findings suggest that gamers are willing to support and monetarily contribute to a cause they believe in, but also that engaging potential donors through their preexisting interests and communities—in this case, games—can be a productive form of outreach. Finally, participants recognized and sought to combat gaming’s anti-social stereotypes, revealing a further motivation behind their charitable behavior. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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