General Uses and Effects of Digital Games

Not all research can fit neatly into a box. Learn more about my other work in the gaming spaces, including my work on parental advocacy, games and learning, and dark patterns.

Talks & Speaking Engagements

Press

The Argument That Video Games Spur Mass Shootings Is Losing Steam

Bloomberg

How games can make you a better person, but not a worse one

Metro

What the research really says about video games, violence, addiction, & sexism

Ethics & Video Game Podcast

Parent’s Deserve so much more when it comes to the ways video games are discussed in our popular media

Research

Psychosocial causes and consequences of online video game play

(Kowert, Vogelgesang, Festl, & Quandt, 2015)

When the ball stops, the fun stops too: The impact of social inclusion on video game enjoyment

(Bowman, Kowert, & Cohen, 2015)

Unpopular, Overweight, and Socially Inept: Reconsidering the Stereotype of Online Gamers

(Kowert, Festl, Quandt, 2014)

Social gaming, lonely life? The impact of digital game play on adolescents’ social circles

(Kowert, Domahidi, Festl, & Quandt, 2014)

Talks & Speaking Engagements

Why Do Gamers Buy Into The Console Wars?

Triple Jump

The Future of Video Games

Games For Change 2023

Gender, Ethics, and Play in Video Game Communities and Industry

Annenberg School for Communication

Dark patterns in gaming

Games & Unintentional Learning

Psychgeist

Social Impact of Games

Psychgeist

How the industry can change the “games are bad” narrative

GDC

Video Games & Moral Panic

Psychgeist

Gaming Disorder

Psychgeist

Violent Video Games

Psychgeist

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