Why Do Teammates Hate Me? Cross-Cultural Tensions and Social Dynamics in Online Games

We discuss the multi-ethnic tension and social dynamics behind toxicity in online game Dota 2. We present a player survey and preliminary analysis of user-generated keywords and future work in interpreting the survey results. Author Keywords Toxic Behaviors; Norms; Ethnicity; Online Games; Dota ACM Classification Keywords K.4.2 Social Issues

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2016
• Where: CSCW
• Authors: Jialun Jiang, Svetlana E. Yarosh
• Keywords: CSCW 2016, Social Sciences