{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4394785650","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3656559","title":"From Avoidance to Action: A Call for Open Dialogue on Hate, Harassment, and Extremism in the Gaming Industry","display_name":"From Avoidance to Action: A Call for Open Dialogue on Hate, Harassment, and Extremism in the Gaming Industry","publication_year":2024,"publication_date":"2024-04-13","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4394785650","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3656559"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3656559","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3656559","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3656559","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4387287961","display_name":"Games Research and Practice","issn_l":"2832-5516","issn":["2832-5516"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Games: Research and Practice","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"bronze","oa_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3656559","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5035930358","display_name":"Elizabeth D. Kilmer","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9272-6110"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I58610484","display_name":"Seattle University","ror":"https://ror.org/02jqc0m91","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I58610484"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Elizabeth Kilmer","raw_affiliation_strings":["Take This, Seattle, United States"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9272-6110","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Take This, Seattle, United States","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I58610484"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5103216852","display_name":"Zeynep Aslan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1940-5093"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I40347166","display_name":"University of Chicago","ror":"https://ror.org/024mw5h28","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I40347166"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zeynep Aslan","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Chicago Division of the Social Sciences, Chicago, United States"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1940-5093","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Chicago Division of the Social Sciences, Chicago, United States","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I40347166"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5062776546","display_name":"Rachel Kowert","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9522-9945"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I58610484","display_name":"Seattle University","ror":"https://ror.org/02jqc0m91","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I58610484"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rachel Kowert","raw_affiliation_strings":["Take This, Seattle, United States"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9522-9945","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Take This, Seattle, United States","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I58610484"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5035930358"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I58610484"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.2233,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":3,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.91548461,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":91,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":"2","issue":"2","first_page":"1","last_page":"17"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11197","display_name":"Digital Games and Media","score":0.9991999864578247,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11197","display_name":"Digital Games and Media","score":0.9991999864578247,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10355","display_name":"Impact of Technology on Adolescents","score":0.987500011920929,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12335","display_name":"Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology","score":0.9842000007629395,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3203","display_name":"Clinical Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/harassment","display_name":"Harassment","score":0.881605863571167},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/action","display_name":"Action (physics)","score":0.6635963320732117},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/call-to-action","display_name":"Call to action","score":0.5745320916175842},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/political-science","display_name":"Political science","score":0.42238155007362366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/law-and-economics","display_name":"Law and economics","score":0.37030458450317383},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business","display_name":"Business","score":0.35514867305755615},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/criminology","display_name":"Criminology","score":0.34897634387016296},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.3430343270301819},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-relations","display_name":"Public relations","score":0.3362044095993042},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-psychology","display_name":"Social psychology","score":0.3226260542869568},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/advertising","display_name":"Advertising","score":0.28998199105262756},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sociology","display_name":"Sociology","score":0.2197662889957428}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778976716","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3240539","display_name":"Harassment","level":2,"score":0.881605863571167},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780791683","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q846785","display_name":"Action (physics)","level":2,"score":0.6635963320732117},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105152847","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5021685","display_name":"Call to action","level":2,"score":0.5745320916175842},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.42238155007362366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C190253527","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295354","display_name":"Law and economics","level":1,"score":0.37030458450317383},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.35514867305755615},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C73484699","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161733","display_name":"Criminology","level":1,"score":0.34897634387016296},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.3430343270301819},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.3362044095993042},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.3226260542869568},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112698675","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37038","display_name":"Advertising","level":1,"score":0.28998199105262756},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.2197662889957428},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3656559","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3656559","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3656559","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4387287961","display_name":"Games Research and Practice","issn_l":"2832-5516","issn":["2832-5516"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Games: Research and Practice","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3656559","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3656559","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3656559","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4387287961","display_name":"Games Research and Practice","issn_l":"2832-5516","issn":["2832-5516"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Games: Research and Practice","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.4699999988079071,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4394785650.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4394785650.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":39,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1530315115","https://openalex.org/W2005636787","https://openalex.org/W2008725783","https://openalex.org/W2011074042","https://openalex.org/W2012920605","https://openalex.org/W2034144472","https://openalex.org/W2043316506","https://openalex.org/W2080422783","https://openalex.org/W2090425991","https://openalex.org/W2139718073","https://openalex.org/W2169318590","https://openalex.org/W2562899479","https://openalex.org/W2749920910","https://openalex.org/W2950504429","https://openalex.org/W2952174180","https://openalex.org/W2994883467","https://openalex.org/W3006680244","https://openalex.org/W3022955231","https://openalex.org/W3044416806","https://openalex.org/W3103141604","https://openalex.org/W3128268221","https://openalex.org/W3160042174","https://openalex.org/W3175500751","https://openalex.org/W4200069484","https://openalex.org/W4205582946","https://openalex.org/W4210587744","https://openalex.org/W4214595594","https://openalex.org/W4237938143","https://openalex.org/W4239508219","https://openalex.org/W4244295669","https://openalex.org/W4281672011","https://openalex.org/W4317478735","https://openalex.org/W4317612486","https://openalex.org/W4324090912","https://openalex.org/W4365147580","https://openalex.org/W4386040331","https://openalex.org/W4391903459","https://openalex.org/W4393269341","https://openalex.org/W6879388627"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2530773950","https://openalex.org/W2042870779","https://openalex.org/W4250048047","https://openalex.org/W2025749788","https://openalex.org/W2502903008","https://openalex.org/W2766055629","https://openalex.org/W2059786516","https://openalex.org/W4280517200","https://openalex.org/W2384634387","https://openalex.org/W4242933705"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Over":[0],"the":[1,18,35,41,56,69,88,95,103,125],"past":[2],"few":[3],"decades,":[4],"digital":[5],"games":[6,22],"have":[7],"become":[8],"increasingly":[9],"important":[10],"for":[11,25,124],"social":[12,26],"connection":[13,27],"and":[14,34,97,109],"community":[15],"building.":[16],"However,":[17],"features":[19],"that":[20],"make":[21],"fantastic":[23],"spaces":[24],"also":[28],"harbor":[29],"toxicity,":[30],"including":[31],"hate,":[32],"harassment,":[33],"propagation":[36],"of":[37,44,52,71],"extremist":[38,110],"ideologies.":[39],"Despite":[40],"growing":[42],"prevalence":[43],"these":[45,61,76],"issues,":[46],"there":[47],"has":[48,67],"been":[49,68],"a":[50],"lack":[51],"public-facing":[53],"efforts":[54],"from":[55],"gaming":[57,113],"industry":[58,90],"to":[59,91],"address":[60],"concerns.":[62],"One":[63],"roadblock":[64],"in":[65,101,112],"particular":[66],"challenge":[70],"initiating":[72],"open":[73],"dialogue":[74],"about":[75,94],"topics.":[77],"In":[78],"this":[79],"study,":[80],"we":[81],"conducted":[82],"focus":[83],"groups":[84],"with":[85,106],"professionals":[86],"across":[87],"game":[89],"facilitate":[92],"discussions":[93],"solutions":[96,123],"barriers":[98,116],"they":[99],"see":[100],"addressing":[102],"challenges":[104],"associated":[105],"hate":[107],"harassment":[108],"ideologies":[111],"spaces.":[114],"Several":[115],"were":[117],"identified,":[118],"as":[119,121],"well":[120],"actionable":[122],"industry's":[126],"future.":[127]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}