Exploring the association between engagement with location-based game features and getting inspired about environmental issues and nature

Bastian Kordyaka; Samuli Laato; Sebastian Weber; Juho Hamari; Bjoern Niehaves

doi:10.1145/3613904.3642786

Exploring the association between engagement with location-based game features and getting inspired about environmental issues and nature

Bastian Kordyaka, Samuli Laato, Sebastian Weber, Juho Hamari, Bjoern Niehaves

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Abstract

Today, millions worldwide play popular location-based games (LBGs) such as Pokémon GO. LBGs are designed to be played outdoors, and past research has shown that they can incentivize players to travel to nature. To further explore this nature-connection, we investigated via a mixed-methods approach the connections between engagement with LBGs, inspiration and environmental awareness as follows. First, we identified relevant gamification features in Study 1. Based on the insights, we built a survey that we sent to Pokémon GO players (N=311) in Study 2. The results showed that (a) social networking features, reminders, and virtual objects were the most relevant gamification features to explain inspired by playing Pokémon GO and that (b) inspired to outdoor engagement partially mediated the relationship between inspired by playing Pokémon GO and environmental awareness. These results warrant further investigations into whether LBGs could motivate pro-environment attitudes and inspire people to care for nature.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '24)
Publisher	ACM
Pages	1-15
ISBN (Electronic)	9798400703300
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642786
Publication status	Published - 11 May 2024
Publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	ACM SIGCHI Annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Honolulu, United States Duration: 11 May 2024 → 16 May 2024

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Conference	ACM SIGCHI Annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Country/Territory	United States
City	Honolulu
Period	11/05/24 → 16/05/24

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Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
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Kordyaka, B, Laato, S, Weber, S, Hamari, J & Niehaves, B 2024, Exploring the association between engagement with location-based game features and getting inspired about environmental issues and nature. in Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '24)., 755, ACM, pp. 1-15, ACM SIGCHI Annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Honolulu, United States, 11/05/24. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642786

Exploring the association between engagement with location-based game features and getting inspired about environmental issues and nature. / Kordyaka, Bastian; Laato, Samuli; Weber, Sebastian et al.
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