Psychological and social implications surrounding internet and gaming addiction
By: Jonathan Bishop, Centre for Research into Online Communities and E-Learning Systems, [editor]
Series: Advances in psychology, mental health, and behavioral studies (APMHBS) book series
Publisher: Information Science Reference, an imprint of IGI Global
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Hershey, PA, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9781466685956; 9781466685963
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Social aspects; Compulsive gambling; Internet addiction; Psychology; Internet
Description: "This book focuses on the dark side of technology and the ways in which individuals are falling victim to compulsive internet use as well as gaming and gambling addictions"--
Notes: "Premier reference source"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-328) and index.
Table of contents: title: Internet gaming disorder: a deeper look into addiction vs. high engagement / Mario Lehenbauer-Baum, Martina Fohringer; title: New concepts, old known issues: The DSM-5 and internet gaming disorder and its assessment / Halley M Pontes, Mark D. Griffiths; title: Determining the risk of digital addiction to adolescent targets of internet trolling: implications for the UK legal system / Jonathan Bishop; title: Dangers of playing with the virtual other in mind: a psychoanalytical view on digital role-playing games and the edge between facilitating personality development and endangering the player's psyche / Katharina Mittlbèock; title: Avoiding adverse consequences from digital addiction and retaliatory feedback: the role of the participation continuum / Ashu M. G. Solo, Jonathan Bishop; title: "I can't do it by myself": an IPA of clients seeking psychotherapy for their MMORPG addiction / Daria Joanna Kuss; title: Cyber-stalking or just plain talking?: investigating the linguistic properties of rape-threat messages as compulsive behaviours / Mark Beech, Jonathan Bishop; title: A theoretical model, including user-experience, aesthetics, and psychology, in the 3D design process / Thomas Photiadis, Nicos Souleles; title: Using "on-the-fly corpus linguistics" to systematically derive word definitions using inductive abstraction and reductionist correlation analysis: considering seductive and gratifying properties of computer jargon / Jonathan Bishop; title: The association between internet addiction and psychosocial variables / Bahadir Bozoglan, Veysel Demirer; title: The impacts of alcohol on e-dating activity: increases in flame trolling corresponds with higher alcohol consumption / Jason Barratt, Jonathan Bishop; title: Consulting the British public in the digital age: technological innovation and internet addiction in the Web 2.0 era / Shefali Virkar; title: Responsible gambling laws' contributions to behaviour change in problem gamblers in online poker / Wynford Compton, Dino M. Minoli, Mark M. H. Goode; title: The games people play: exploring digital addiction within the context of the gamification of ICT project design for public sector administration reform / Shefali Virkar.