Online Communities and Social Computing

Best Paper Award for the 3rd International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, in the context of HCI International 2009, 19-24 July 2009, San Diego, California, USA

Certificate for Best Paper Award of the
3rd International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing
conferred to

Alexander Voiskounsky, Olga Mitina, Anastasiya Avetisova
(Moscow State University, Russia)

for the paper entitled

"Gamers’ Implicit Knowledge on the Psychological Influence of Game-Playing"

Presented in the context of HCI International 2009
San Diego, California, USA, 19-24 July 2009

Paper Abstract
"The paper presents the players’ implicit views on psychological aspects of a supposable influence of computer/online/video-games on human beings. And online survey with 74 Likert-type questions were given to adults and older adolescents (16+). The collected replies (N=437) were grouped into an eight-factor model. The key implicit representations include the participants’ belief that gaming: (1) leads to positive self-development, (2) affects the players’ somatics, i.e. causes tiredness and stresses while gaming and in an after-game period, (3) brings pleasing feelings while gaming, (4) stimulates cognitive processes, and (5) supports players’ relaxation and gives pleasure."

The full paper is available through SpringerLink, provided that you have proper access rights.