Journal of Digital Convergence (디지털융복합연구)

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A Study on Social Interaction Factors Influencing on Excessive Online Game Usage

온라인 게임 과몰입에 영향을 주는 사회적 상호작용 요인에 관한 연구

  • Kim, Yong-Young (Division of Business Administration and Economics, Konkuk University) ;
  • Kim, Mi-Hye (Department of Computer Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
  • 김용영 (건국대학교 경영경제학부) ;
  • 김미혜 (충북대학교 컴퓨터공학과)
  • Received : 2015.11.21
  • Accepted : 2016.01.20
  • Published : 2016.01.28
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Abstract

The market size of online games has been rapidly growing as well as the behaviors of online gaming users have been changed. Online games are different from the traditional video games, because they permit players to interact each other during playing games. Today online gaming is a part of everyday life and social interaction has an impact on online gaming behaviors. Social interaction does not only have a positive impact on online game behaviors, but it also has a negative impact on them such as excessive online game usage. Previous research has a limitation to consider social interaction as a comprehensive concept. In order to fill the gap, we explore the factors of social interaction influencing on excessive online game usage. After reviewing previous literature, this study chooses three factors of social interaction such as escaping loneliness, expanding online social bridging capital, and reinforcing offline social bonding capital. The findings show that all of three factors of social interaction positively affect the excessive online game usage.

2000년대 들어 꾸준히 성장한 국내 게임시장 규모는 10조 원 대 진입을 눈앞에 두고 있다. 게임 시장의 규모만 커진 것이 아니라 온라인 게임의 사용 행태도 변하고 있다. 전통적인 비디오 게임과 다르게 온라인 게임은 인터넷을 통해 사회적 상호작용을 허용한다. 온라인 게임은 일상적인 활동이 되었고, 사회적 상호작용은 큰 영향을 미치고 있다. 사회적 상호작용이 긍정적인 영향만을 미치는 것이 아니라 이로 인해 온라인 게임을 과도하게 이용하는 경우도 발생하고 있다. 이러한 상황에서 포괄적으로 바라보았던 사회적 요인을 체계화하여 온라인 게임의 과도한 이용 행태에 미치는 영향을 살펴볼 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 사회적 상호작용 요인을 고독 탈피, 가상세계 연계 확대, 현실세계 결속 강화로 세분화하고, 이러한 사회적 상호작용 요인이 온라인 게임 과몰입에 미치는 영향을 파악하였다. 본 연구는 온라인으로 수집된 자료의 분석을 통해 고독 탈피, 가상세계 연계 확대, 현실세계 결속 강화 모두 온라인 게임의 과몰입에 통계적으로 유의한 영향을 준다는 점을 실증하였다.

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