Escapist Motives for On-line Gaming and Strengthening of Weak Ties

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dc.contributor.author	Sudzina, Frantisek
dc.contributor.author	Razmerita, Liana
dc.date.accessioned	2012-11-30
dc.date.accessioned	2013-01-11T11:14:11Z
dc.date.available	2013-01-11T11:14:11Z
dc.date.issued	2013-01-11
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8620
dc.description.abstract	Due to advances of technology including faster and ubiquitously accessible Internet connection, on-line gaming have grown tremendously in the last couple of years. The aim of this paper is to investigate whether escapist motives for playing games are linked to strengthening of weak ties through on-line gaming. The research investigates Facebook and other on-line games separately. A surprising result is that while most of the investigated escapist motives are positively correlated with strengthening of weak ties, the mundane breaking motive is negatively correlated with strengthening of weak ties.	en_US
dc.format.extent	10	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.subject.other	Facebook	en_US
dc.subject.other	On-Line Gaming	en_US
dc.subject.other	Escapism	en_US
dc.subject.other	Weak Ties	en_US
dc.title	Escapist Motives for On-line Gaming and Strengthening of Weak Ties	en_US
dc.type	cp	en_US
dc.accessionstatus	modt13jan11 lbjl	en_US
dc.contributor.corporation	Copenhagen Business School. CBS	en_US
dc.contributor.corporation	Aarhus University	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Department of International Business Communication and Politics	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentshort	IBC	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentuk	Department of International Business Communication and Politics	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentukshort	IBC	en_US
dc.description.notes	paper presented at IX Conference of the Italian Chapter of AIS. 28-29 Sep. 2012, Rome, Italy.	en_US
dc.publisher.city	Frederiksberg	en_US
dc.publisher.year	2012	en_US