The effects of winning and losing on social presence in team-based digital games

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Highlights:

• Explores the user experience of team-based online games.

• Investigates the effects of game outcome (winning and losing) on social presence.

• A large scale (n = 821) user survey of online gaming communities.

• Game outcome has a significant negative impact on cooperative social presence.

• The extent of this impact varies across different team-based games.

摘要

•Explores the user experience of team-based online games.•Investigates the effects of game outcome (winning and losing) on social presence.•A large scale (n = 821) user survey of online gaming communities.•Game outcome has a significant negative impact on cooperative social presence.•The extent of this impact varies across different team-based games.

论文关键词:Social presence,Digital games,Team-play,Outcome

论文评审过程:Received 1 August 2015, Revised 1 February 2016, Accepted 2 February 2016, Available online 20 February 2016, Version of Record 20 February 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.001