How to persuade an online gamer to give up cheating? Uniting elaboration likelihood model and signaling theory

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Highlights：

• Anti-cheating technical advantage may not decrease cheating intention.

• Attitude of game provider negatively affects intention to stop cheating.

• Gamers prefer using simple information to decide whether to stop cheating or not.

• Personal factors significantly influence the intention to stop cheating behavior.

摘要

•Anti-cheating technical advantage may not decrease cheating intention.•Attitude of game provider negatively affects intention to stop cheating.•Gamers prefer using simple information to decide whether to stop cheating or not.•Personal factors significantly influence the intention to stop cheating behavior.

论文关键词：Online game cheating behavior,Anti-cheating system,Information interaction,Persuasion model,Elaboration likelihood model,Signaling theory

论文评审过程：Received 8 October 2018, Revised 18 January 2019, Accepted 25 February 2019, Available online 26 February 2019, Version of Record 2 March 2019.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.02.024