Welcome all to the EWIDENCE Talks seminar on Friday 3rd of May at 12.30-14.00 (Agora, Lea Pulkkisen Sali).
Presentation on “Do harm minimisation features really protect online sports gamblers?” by guest speaker Eoin Whelan (University of Galway, Ireland)
The popularity of sports gambling has grown globally in parallel with the increased power and prevalence of smartphones and mobile Internet access. Most mobile gambling apps are required to provide users with direct and indirect harm minimisation features which are IT tools designed to help prevent harmful gambling activity. Direct tools directly restrict gambling activity (e.g., deposit limits, cooling-off periods) while indirect tools provide information on the user’s gambling trends and indirectly influence activity (e.g., account history statements, reality check notifications). Existing research investigating the effectiveness of gambling harm minimisation features fails to appreciate that people often engage with multiple IT features to varying extents to accomplish a single goal. In this talk I will present the findings of our study where examined how direct and indirect harm minimisation features moderate the translation of sports gambling passions into outcomes for individuals. Our findings suggest that under certain conditions, harm minimisation features can be effective in protecting the well-being of online sports gamblers.
Panel discussion on “Career Advice and Publishing”. Panel members: Professors Anu Sivunen (JYU), Eoin Whelan and Markus Salo, moderated by Jenni Kantola.
Discussions around academic career e.g. how to navigate different roles in academia, notions on publishing strategies, role of international experience, how to become a good writer and creating impactful research. Would you like to ask from our professors? Please contact to jekantol@jyu.fi
No registration needed.
Eoin Whelan is a Professor of Business Analytics and Society at the University of Galway. He is also a visiting professor at the Institute d’Economie Scientifique et de Gestion (IESEG), France, and a visiting researcher at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. His research explores the psychology underlying engagement with interactive digital media such as smartphones, social networking sites, fitness tracking apps, and online gambling and gaming sites. In other words, how do different attributes of digital media interact with the person's motivations, personality, beliefs, cognition, and situation, to influence the processes and outcomes such as wellbeing, conflict, and performance. His publications have appeared in Information Systems Journal, Journal of Information Technology, European Journal of Information Systems, MIT Sloan Management Review, and R&D Management. The findings of his research have also been featured in mainstream international outlets such as CNN, Forbes, Financial Times, Fortune, Reuters, Irish Independent, and the Irish Times. Eoin serves on the editorial boards of the European Journal of Information Systems and Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking.
Emergent Work in the Digital Era (EWIDE) is a profiling area at the Ģֱ, funded by the Research Council of Finland. Read more about EWIDE.
