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Podcast | Cross-Cultural Research on Gaming and “Gaming Disorder”Cross-Cultural Research on Gaming and “Gaming Disorder”

Digipeliriippuvuuden diagnoosia joudutaan yhä odottamaan Suomessa – tutkija muistuttaa, että pelaamishäiriön oireita ei saa aliarvioidaWHO:n luokitus on herättänyt asiantuntijoiden joukossa myös kiistaa. Suomessa virallista tautiluokitusta peliriippuvuudelle odotetaan käyttöön sote-uudistuksen jälkeen.

게임연구 국제 학술단체 DiGRA, 한국 지회 출범게임문화재단과 게임과학연구원은 13일 연세대학교 백양누리 최영 홀에서 '왜, 지금, 게임과학인가' 학술행사를 개최했다. 이날 행사에서는 게임연구 관련 비영리 국제 학술단체 '디지털게임리서치연구협회'(DiGRA) 한국

[김용우가 만난 사람] 진예원 연대 객원 교수, "한국 e스포츠 초창기 역사 정리해 보고 싶어요"e스포츠 산업이 형성된지 20년이 넘어서면서 스타크래프트:브루드워(스타1)가 중심이었던 과거부터 현재까지 전문적으로 연구하는 사람들이 늘어나기 시작했다. 연세대학교 커뮤니케이션 대학원 진예원 객원 교수 겸 게임과학연구원 책임연구원은 NC소프트를 거쳐 라이엇게임즈에서는 LCK 글로벌 방송 PD로 활동했다. 진예원 객원교수가...

Pelitutkija syventyy pelaamisen terveyteen - TietoarkistoTietoarkisto välittää tutkimusaineistoja tutkijoille, opettajille ja opiskelijoille. Palvelut ovat maksuttomia.

Runsas videopelien pelaaminen voi olla työntekijälle ongelma – tai terve harrastusIso osa työikäisistä pelaa säännöllisesti erilaisia videopelejä. Useimmille pelaaminen on yksi harrastus muiden joukossa, mutta yksittäiselle työntekijälle pelaamiseen liittyvät ongelmat voivat olla…

Project to reassess gaming disorder receives €2m in fundingStarting from 2022, videogame play is a part of the World Health Organization’s diagnostic manual as an addictive behaviour. However, many researchers believe that inventing a gaming-specific mental disorder was merely a quick fix for more complicated scientific questions that technologies have come to pose.

Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Valtteri Kauraoja: Identifying Empowerment within Game DesignThe concept of empowerment lacks a clearly defined description. While seemingly self-explanatory, the careless use of the term can lead to confusion. The many meanings of empowerment are relevant t…

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ORE was presented at the Game Research Coffee event hosted by Finnish Game Research Society (https://www.pelitutkimus.fi/) on 4th December, 2024

Veli-Matti Karhulahti (PhD) provided a lecture about the psychiatric diagnosis of “gaming disorder” and explained the current challenges in its research as well in the Games Now! open lecture series hosted by Aalto University, Finland. The lecture was live-streamed on 11th November 2024.