The Geography of Pokémon GO: Beneficial and Problematic Effects on Places and Movement

Colley, Ashley; Thebault-Spieker, Jacob; Yilun Lin, Allen; Degraen, Donald; Fischman, Benjamin; Häkkilä, Jonna; Kuehl, Kate; Nisi, Valentina; Nunes, Nuno; Wenig, Nina; Wenig, Dirk; Hecht, Brent; Schöning, Johannes

doi:10.48550/arxiv.1903.12041

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The Geography of Pokémon GO: Beneficial and Problematic Effects on Places and Movement

Published in arXiv (Cornell University) • Mar 28, 2019

Authors:

Ashley Colley

Jacob Thebault-Spieker

Allen Yilun Lin

Abstract

The widespread popularity of Pokémon GO presents the first opportunity to observe the geographic effects of location-based gaming at scale. This paper reports the results of a mixed methods study of the geography of Pokémon GO that includes a five-country field survey of 375 Pokémon GO players and a...

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Popularity

Scale (ratio)

Geography

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