Exposure to prompts to make in-app purchases in mobile games has a significant impact on children's purchasing behaviour, according to a recent study funded by the European Commission involving Dr Giuseppe Veltri, who now ...
Social Sciences
Jul 6, 2016
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Facebook has come a long way since early days when "Farmville" players reached out to one another for help tending virtual acreage.
Internet
Jun 16, 2016
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Facebook on Monday announced that it is getting into the eSports game, jumping into the field of video games as spectator sports against Amazon-owned Twitch and Google's YouTube Gaming.
Internet
Jun 6, 2016
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20
College students have been banding together to play video games for decades. But the popularity of online gaming has grown so much that colleges are now offering athletic scholarships for "e-sports" participants. University ...
Social Sciences
May 13, 2016
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Today's longer campaign cycles, filled with numerous televised debates and constant news reporting and social media coverage, are causing the rise of extremist politicians, according to a new study from the University of ...
Social Sciences
Mar 3, 2016
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Too much confidence is placed in economic games, according to research by academics at Oxford University.
Social Sciences
Jan 21, 2016
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An educational video game has been edited following a social media backlash over a scene depicting slaves being packed into a ship.
Software
Sep 3, 2015
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24
The online world is where it's at for teens looking to make friends.
Internet
Aug 6, 2015
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26
Amanda Maler wasn't even born yet when Nintendo's beloved Super Mario made his debut 30 years ago.
Business
Aug 1, 2015
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42
Sometimes, data doesn't look like data. But when circumstances conspire and the right researchers come along, interesting facets of human nature reveal themselves. Last.fm and World of Warcraft are two entities made possible ...
Social Sciences
Jul 10, 2015
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