Register now! Computational Social Sciences Workshop: From Digital Traces to Causal Inference: Evidence from Two Commercial Video Games_22 Oct (Wed) @E21B-G016 [1 Smart Point, 15 CS]

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 2025-09-30     FSS     Lecture/Seminar / 講座 

Computational Social Sciences Workshop: From Digital Traces to Causal Inference: Evidence from Two Commercial Video Games

Speaker: Prof. Mingxuan Liu, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau
Date: 22/10/2025 (Wed)
Time: 13:30 – 15:00
Venue: E21B-G016
Language: English
 
Abstract:

Making causal inferences about human behavior is challenging: certain treatments, such as crises, cannot be experimentally manipulated, while disruptive behaviors are difficult to capture in lab settings when participants know they are being observed. Online multiplayer video games provide a valuable opportunity to overcome these barriers, offering naturalistic environments and rich behavioral data for causal inference. This talk presents two studies that illustrate these possibilities. Study 1 examines the coevolution of social networks and toxic behavior in the online multiplayer game World of Tanks. Study 2 examines prosocial behavior in times of crisis. Together, these studies highlight the potential of online games as research contexts for making causal inference from unobtrusively collected digital trace data and for advancing our understanding of human behavior.

For participants who have registered and attended the workshop, Smart Point / CS will be given as “Knowledge Integration”.

Please note the following guidelines of Smart Point scheme:

  1. Students who attend the WHOLE activity and arrive ON TIME will be given one Smart Point;
  2. Students who arrive late or leave early within 10 minutes will be given only half a Smart Point;
  3. Students who arrive late or leave early over 10 minutes will NOT be given any Smart Point;
  4. Students who leave the venue during the activity for over 15 minutes will NOT be given any Smart Point;
  5. Students are required to check in/out of the activity with Student ID Card. For those who do not respect the activity or neglect the staff’s guidance, SAO reserves the right to cancel his/her Smart Point;
  6. For those who do not respect the activity or ignore the staff’s guidance, Student Affairs Office (SAO) reserves the right to cancel his/her Smart Point. SAO also reserves the right to interpret and process the Smart Point scheme.

Enquiry：8822 8976 or fss.enquiry@um.edu.mo 

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