ONLINE GAME COMMUNITIES TOWARD COMMUNITIES

Abstract

Online game communities are communities which have influence to communities in positive and negative ways. Online games are now interested by
most people of male and female and are widely played all around the world. To play online games, gamers interact with other gamers in online games on the
internet. This action creates the online game communities. The online game communities affect people in the communities in terms of body, emotion and
human behavior. On the other hand, the online game communities have benefits and drawbacks to the communities. The aims of this study are to study the
positive and negative outcomes of the online game communities, to explore a framework for finding positive outcomes of the communities, to investigate
guidelines for solving the problems causing from the online game communities, and to be resourceful information for administrators in planning policies to
support and develop qualities of Thai staff