{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,5]],"date-time":"2026-03-05T15:19:50Z","timestamp":1772723990549,"version":"3.50.1"},"reference-count":68,"publisher":"SAGE Publications","issue":"1","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2010,11,30]],"date-time":"2010-11-30T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1291075200000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/page\/policies\/text-and-data-mining-license"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["journals.sagepub.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Communication Research"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2011,2]]},"abstract":"<jats:p> By unpacking different forms of Internet and massively multiplayer online game (MMO) use, the present study adopts a nuanced approach to examine the connections between online activities and psychosocial well-being. It combined self-reported survey data with unobtrusive behavioral data from server logs of a large virtual world, EverQuest II. Over 5,000 players were surveyed about how they use the Internet, their specific activities in the virtual world, and their psychosocial well-being. In-game communication networks were also constructed and analyzed.The results showed support for both time displacement and social augmentation effects for various activities. Whether Internet and MMO use were associated with negative or positive outcomes was largely dependent on the purposes, contexts, and individual characteristics of users. The results suggest that Internet use and game play have significant nuances and should not be considered as monolithic sources of effects. <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1177\/0093650210377196","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,12,2]],"date-time":"2010-12-02T01:50:31Z","timestamp":1291254631000},"page":"123-149","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":157,"title":["Unpacking Time Online: Connecting Internet and Massively Multiplayer Online Game Use With Psychosocial Well-Being"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"38","author":[{"family":"Cuihua Shen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Texas at Dallas,"}]},{"given":"Dmitri","family":"Williams","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Southern California, Los Angeles"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2010,11,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"atypb1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/0022-3514.78.4.772"},{"key":"atypb2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.adolescence.2003.10.009"},{"key":"atypb3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev.psych.55.090902.141922"},{"key":"atypb4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0146167205277205"},{"issue":"1","key":"atypb5","volume":"1","author":"Bartle, R.","year":"1996","journal-title":"Journal of MUD research"},{"key":"atypb6","author":"Beckford, M.","year":"2009","journal-title":"Aric Sigman. Retrieved April"},{"key":"atypb7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/13691180701858851"},{"key":"atypb8","volume-title":"The strength of Internet ties: The Internet and email aid users in maintaining their social networks and provide pathways to help when people face big decisions","author":"Boase, J.","year":"2006"},{"key":"atypb9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(05)70938-7"},{"key":"atypb10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4159\/9780674029095"},{"key":"atypb11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0093650203257842"},{"key":"atypb12","volume-title":"Synthetic worlds: The business and culture of online games","author":"Castronova, E.","year":"2005"},{"key":"atypb13","volume-title":"The 2009 digital future report: Surveying the digital future-year eight","author":"Center for the Digital Future.","year":"2009"},{"key":"atypb14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1559-1816.1983.tb02325.x"},{"key":"atypb15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/0033-2909.98.2.310"},{"key":"atypb16","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1089\/cpb.2007.9988"},{"key":"atypb17","volume-title":"The UCLA Internet report: Surveying the digital future","author":"Cole, J.I.","year":"2000"},{"key":"atypb18","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/13691180701657949"},{"key":"atypb19","volume-title":"In Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on human factor in computing systems","author":"Ducheneaut, N."},{"key":"atypb20","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1083-6101.2007.00367.x"},{"key":"atypb21","first-page":"443","volume":"13","author":"Francis, L.","year":"1992","journal-title":"A. and Australia. Personality and Individual Differences"},{"key":"atypb22","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/ncr.89302"},{"key":"atypb23","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1086\/225469"},{"key":"atypb24","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1089\/cpb.2004.7.479"},{"key":"atypb25","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1083-6101.2007.00396.x"},{"key":"atypb26","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0093650208321782"},{"key":"atypb27","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/01972240290108195"},{"key":"atypb28","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1461444804039906"},{"key":"atypb29","volume-title":"Online communities: Networks that nurture long-distance relationships and local ties","author":"Horrigan, J.B.","year":"2001"},{"key":"atypb30","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1145\/265563.265575"},{"key":"atypb31","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.7551\/mitpress\/6292.001.0001"},{"key":"atypb32","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/1540-4560.00248"},{"key":"atypb33","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/0003-066X.53.9.1017"},{"key":"atypb34","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1207\/s15506878jobem4803_5"},{"key":"atypb35","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1083-6101.2009.01451.x"},{"key":"atypb36","volume-title":"Adults and social network websites","author":"Lenhart, A.","year":"2009"},{"key":"atypb37","volume-title":"Adults and video games","author":"Lenhart, A.","year":"2008"},{"key":"atypb38","volume-title":"Teens\u2019 gaming experiences are diverse and include significant social interaction and civic engagement","author":"Lenhart, A.","year":"2008"},{"key":"atypb39","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1207\/S15327957PSPR0401_6"},{"key":"atypb40","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/oso\/9780195160369.001.0001"},{"key":"atypb41","volume-title":"In CSCW 2006: Proceedings of the 2006 conference on computer supported cooperative work (pp. 149-158). New York: ACM Press","author":"Nardi, B."},{"key":"atypb42","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/00027640121957277"},{"key":"atypb43","first-page":"275","volume":"1","author":"Nie, N.H.","year":"2002","journal-title":"IT & Society"},{"key":"atypb44","volume-title":"The great good place: Caf\u00e9s, coffee shops, community centers, beauty parlors, general stores, bars, hangouts, and how they get you through the day","author":"Oldenburg, R.","year":"1997"},{"key":"atypb45","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1460-2466.1996.tb01462.x"},{"key":"atypb46","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0093650205283103"},{"key":"atypb47","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1145\/358916.361990"},{"key":"atypb48","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Quan-Haase, A., Wellman, B., Witte, J.C. & Hampton, K.N. ( 2002). Capitalizing on the net: Social contact, civic engagement, and sense of community. In B. Wellman & C. Haythornthwaite (Eds.), The Internet in everyday life (pp. 291-324). Oxford, UK: Blackwell .","DOI":"10.1002\/9780470774298.ch10"},{"key":"atypb49","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/0022-3514.39.3.472"},{"key":"atypb50","first-page":"309","volume":"27","author":"Sherry, J.","year":"2001","journal-title":"Human Communication Research"},{"key":"atypb51","unstructured":"Shklovski, I., Kiesler, S. & Kraut, R. ( 2006). The Internet and social interaction: A meta-analysis and critique of studies, 1995-2003. In R. Kraut, M. Brynin, & S. Kiesler (Eds.), Computers, phones, and the Internet: The social impact of information technology (pp. 210-218). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press."},{"key":"atypb52","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1083-6101.2006.00300.x"},{"key":"atypb53","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.7551\/mitpress\/5418.001.0001"},{"key":"atypb54","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/009365092019001003"},{"key":"atypb55","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/009365096023001001"},{"key":"atypb56","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1126\/science.1065547"},{"key":"atypb57","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/9780470774298"},{"key":"atypb58","volume-title":"MMOGData: Charts","author":"White, P.","year":"2009"},{"key":"atypb59","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1207\/s15506878jobem5004_5"},{"key":"atypb60","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1083-6101.2006.00029.x"},{"key":"atypb61","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1555412005281774"},{"key":"atypb62","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1089\/cpb.2006.9939"},{"key":"atypb63","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1460-2466.2009.01453.x"},{"key":"atypb64","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1555412006292616"},{"key":"atypb65","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1083-6101.2008.00428.x"},{"key":"atypb66","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1162\/pres.15.3.309"},{"key":"atypb67","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1089\/cpb.2006.9.772"},{"issue":"6","key":"atypb68","first-page":"49","volume":"85","author":"Zittrain, J.","year":"2007","journal-title":"Harvard Business Review"}],"container-title":["Communication Research"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/0093650210377196","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/0093650210377196","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,28]],"date-time":"2025-02-28T21:28:34Z","timestamp":1740778114000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/0093650210377196"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2010,11,30]]},"references-count":68,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2011,2]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1177\/0093650210377196"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0093650210377196","relation":{},"ISSN":["0093-6502","1552-3810"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0093-6502","type":"print"},{"value":"1552-3810","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2010,11,30]]}}}