Academic Journal
Location-based mobile gaming and local depression trends: a study of Pokémon Go
| العنوان: | Location-based mobile gaming and local depression trends: a study of Pokémon Go |
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| المؤلفون: | Cheng, Aaron, Greenwood, Brad N., Pavlou, Paul A. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | The London School of Economics and Political Science: LSE Research Online |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | HM Sociology, BF Psychology |
| الوصف: | Emerging literature has begun to investigate the role of technology in public health. Yet, a minimal amount is understood about whether, how, and why digital games, notably mobile games, might affect mental health, particularly depression. In this work, we examine the effect of location-based mobile gaming on local depression trends. We measure population-level depression using a well-established mechanism from the medical and public health literature, internet search of depression-related terms. We argue that the introduction of Pokémon Go, a mobile game that encourages outdoor physical activity, face-to-face socialization, and exposure to nature, may alleviate non-clinical forms of mild depression for users playing the game. To identify the effect, we employ a difference-in-differences approach to exploit the staggered release of Pokémon Go into 166 regions in 12 English-speaking countries. We empirically document a disproportionate decrease in depression-related search in those regions where users are able to play Pokémon Go. This finding lends credence to anecdotal claims that location-based mobile games may alleviate symptoms of depression of their users, underscoring the mental health opportunities of location-based mobile gaming and creating new opportunities for information systems research. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | text |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/113740/1/Cheng_location_based_mobile_gaming_published.pdf; Cheng, Aaron orcid:0000-0002-2070-3761 , Greenwood, Brad N. and Pavlou, Paul A. (2022) Location-based mobile gaming and local depression trends: a study of Pokémon Go. Journal of Management Information Systems, 39 (1). 68 - 101. ISSN 0742-1222 |
| الاتاحة: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/113740/ http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/113740/1/Cheng_location_based_mobile_gaming_published.pdf https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/mmis20 |
| Rights: | cc_by_nc_nd_4 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.362AB1A7 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
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