Motivations of E-Sport Spectators that Lead to Game Addiction

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เจตน์จันทร์ เกิดสุข
ลัทธสิทธิ์ ทวีสุข

Abstract

This article aims to study the motivations of spectating e-sport that lead to game addiction by applying uses and gratification theory with game addiction concept to explain the finding. This research is conducted in quantitative research which collecting data from 464 online questionnaires by e-sport spectators and game players. Pearson Correlation is used to test five hypotheses. As a result, there are relationship between motivation of e-sport spectators with game addiction.

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เกิดสุข เ., & ทวีสุข ล. (2019). Motivations of E-Sport Spectators that Lead to Game Addiction. SIAM COMMUNICATION REVIEW, 18(2), 137–152. Retrieved from https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/commartsreviewsiamu/article/view/225523
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