Understanding online game cheating : unpacking the ethical dimension

• Main Authors: Wu, Yuehua, Chen, Vivian Hsueh Hua
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; Online Game; Ethical Dimension
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142083
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Using an online survey approach, this study examines the ethical dimensions and factors operating behind the game cheating behavior. Although the data indicated that young gamers were overall critical of cheating behavior in online games, cheating was found to be a common practice in online gaming c...