Workshop on Understanding and Combating the Problematic Side of Play

Julian Frommel; Guo Freeman; Janelle E. MacKenzie; Daniel Johnson; Regan L. Mandryk

doi:10.1145/3573382.3616025

Workshop on Understanding and Combating the Problematic Side of Play

Julian Frommel, Guo Freeman, Janelle E. MacKenzie, Daniel Johnson, Regan L. Mandryk

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Abstract

Digital gaming and playful environments are often viewed as entertainment computing technologies that aim to create fun, engaging, and positive experiences for children and adults alike. Yet, there is an increasing interest in research that protects players from the problematic side of gaming and playful environments, such as toxicity and harassment, dark patterns and deceptive design, problematic gaming and addiction, discrimination, incubation of extremism, and ethical considerations. However, behaviors that some consider negative or harmful may not be intended or even perceived as such by others. Therefore, this workshop aims to encourage researchers, industry practitioners, and game designers to bring in a wide variety of perspectives on how to articulate problematic play, what factors lead to the subjective nature of the problematic side of play, and approaches to combat harm across gaming and playful contexts while reinforcing potentially beneficial aspects of what can be ambiguously defined as problematic by others.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI PLAY Companion '23
Subtitle of host publication	Companion Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Editors	Jim Wallace, Jennifer R. Whitson, Beth Bonsignore, Julian Frommel, Erik Harpstead
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	348-349
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-4007-0029-3
ISBN (Print)	979-8-4007-0029-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3573382.3616025
Publication status	Published - 6 Oct 2023
Event	10th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2023 - Hybrid, Stratford, Canada Duration: 10 Oct 2023 → 13 Oct 2023

Conference

Conference	10th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2023
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Hybrid, Stratford
Period	10/10/23 → 13/10/23

Keywords

ethics in games
online harassment
online toxicity
problematic play

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Frommel, J., Freeman, G., MacKenzie, J. E., Johnson, D., & Mandryk, R. L. (2023). Workshop on Understanding and Combating the Problematic Side of Play. In J. Wallace, J. R. Whitson, B. Bonsignore, J. Frommel, & E. Harpstead (Eds.), CHI PLAY Companion '23: Companion Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (pp. 348-349). Association for Computing Machinery . https://doi.org/10.1145/3573382.3616025

Frommel, Julian ; Freeman, Guo ; MacKenzie, Janelle E. et al. / Workshop on Understanding and Combating the Problematic Side of Play. CHI PLAY Companion '23: Companion Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. editor / Jim Wallace ; Jennifer R. Whitson ; Beth Bonsignore ; Julian Frommel ; Erik Harpstead. Association for Computing Machinery , 2023. pp. 348-349

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Frommel, J, Freeman, G, MacKenzie, JE, Johnson, D & Mandryk, RL 2023, Workshop on Understanding and Combating the Problematic Side of Play. in J Wallace, JR Whitson, B Bonsignore, J Frommel & E Harpstead (eds), CHI PLAY Companion '23: Companion Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. Association for Computing Machinery , pp. 348-349, 10th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2023, Hybrid, Stratford, Canada, 10/10/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3573382.3616025

Workshop on Understanding and Combating the Problematic Side of Play. / Frommel, Julian; Freeman, Guo; MacKenzie, Janelle E. et al.
CHI PLAY Companion '23: Companion Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. ed. / Jim Wallace; Jennifer R. Whitson; Beth Bonsignore; Julian Frommel; Erik Harpstead. Association for Computing Machinery , 2023. p. 348-349.

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Frommel J, Freeman G, MacKenzie JE, Johnson D, Mandryk RL. Workshop on Understanding and Combating the Problematic Side of Play. In Wallace J, Whitson JR, Bonsignore B, Frommel J, Harpstead E, editors, CHI PLAY Companion '23: Companion Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. Association for Computing Machinery . 2023. p. 348-349 doi: 10.1145/3573382.3616025

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