Grand Theft Troll? Anonymity encourages bad behaviour in online computer games, but group discipline wins the day
Press Release – Behaviour & Information Technologyhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0144929X.2013.843721 Date of Issue: 08/01/2014EMBARGOED UNTIL: 09/01/2014 Flaming. Trolling. Griefing. Cheating. Most players of massive multi-player online games, such as GTA Online, have been victims of activities like these. New research published in the journal Behaviour & Information Technology investigates the drivers and group dynamics of these kind of behaviours.A study of the habits of people who play ‘massive multi-player online games’ (MMOGs) shows that anonymous users are more