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Reviewing Gratification Effects in Mobile Gaming

Reviewing Gratification Effects in Mobile Gaming
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Author(s): Yuchan Gao (The University of Nottingham, China)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 23
Source title: Handbook of Research on Human Social Interaction in the Age of Mobile Devices
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Xiaoge Xu (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0469-6.ch017

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Abstract

This chapter aims to critically review previous studies on the gratification effects mobile gaming provides in a variety of aspects including play experience, education and social networking. Previous studies reveal that mobile gaming gratifies a new play experience in casual, flexible and ubiquitous nature. Additionally, mobile gaming generates widely accepted gratifications in technology-based education, improving learning and teaching performance in education in general and specific courses. Meanwhile, mobile gaming demonstrates great gratification effect in quality, ability and physical training. Furthermore, scholars have widely researched on the gratification effect of mobile gaming to promote social networking with the applications of socially interactive technologies. Finally, this chapter delivers a forecast about the future development of mobile gaming into HR recruitment and management.

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