A4 Refereed article in a conference publication
The Problematic Coexistence of "Internet Gaming Disorder" and Esports
Authors: Rune Kristian Lundedal Nielsen, Veli-Matti Karhulahti
Conference name: Conference of Digital Games Research Association
Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery
Publication year: 2017
Book title : Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games: Fdg '17, 2017
Journal name in source: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Number of pages: 4
ISBN: 978-1-4503-5319-9
ISSN: 2342-9666
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3102071.3106359(external)
Whether or not gaming causes addiction continues to be debated in the scholarly literature. The American Psychiatric Association has proposed "Internet gaming disorder," a non-substance addictive disorder, in order to encourage further research on the subject. We suggest that competitive gaming, better known as esports, might provide a unique platform on which to discuss the validity of the proposed disorder.