社交媒体的不可用性会影响在线赌博行为吗？2021年10月Facebook宕机前后的行为跟踪数据研究

IF 2.8 Q1 Psychology

Addictive Behaviors Reports Pub Date : 2025-09-02 DOI:10.1016/j.abrep.2025.100629

Andrea Czakó , Cristina Villalba-García , Tamás Ferenci , Laura Maldonado-Murciano , Carrie A. Shaw , Mark D. Griffiths , Zsolt Demetrovics

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摘要

背景和目的社交媒体平台在个人生活和商业组织（如在线赌博运营商）中都变得很重要。然而，之前没有研究调查社交媒体的不可用性如何影响在线赌博。2021年10月4日，Facebook在全球范围内中断了6个小时，这为调查这种关系创造了独特的可能性。目前的研究调查了在社交媒体中断期间，在线赌博的模式是否与基于历史行为跟踪数据的预期不同。该研究使用了Fortuna Entertainment Group提供的数据集，其中包括来自克罗地亚、捷克、波兰、罗马尼亚和斯洛伐克的232,037人在连续五个星期一（包括社交媒体中断的那一天）的赌博行为信息，涉及两种不同类型的赌博活动：游戏（如在线赌场游戏）和体育博彩。对每个国家和赌博类型的几个结果变量（赌博人数、赌注金额、赌注数量）分别进行线性回归估计，而性别、年龄、时间和日期被作为控制变量。结果大多数回归显示停机的影响不显著，只有少数显著（但很小）的差异被确定，其中停机与较低的结果相关。在被调查的国家中，Facebook的中断对赌博行为的影响微乎其微。讨论与结论社交媒体使用与网络赌博行为之间的关系需要进一步的研究和分析。

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Does the unavailability of social media affect online gambling behavior? A behavioral tracking data study before and after the October 2021 Facebook outage

Background and aims

Social media platforms have become important in both individuals’ personal lives and for commercial organizations (e.g., online gambling operators). However, no previous study has examined how the unavailability of social media affects online gambling. A 6-hour-long worldwide outage of Facebook on October 4, 2021 created a unique possibility to investigate this relationship. The present study examined whether patterns of online gambling were different during the time of the social media outage from what could be expected during that time based on historical behavioral tracking data.

Methods

The study used a dataset provided by Fortuna Entertainment Group that included information on the gambling behavior of 232,037 individuals from Croatia, Czechia, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia on five consecutive Mondays, including the day of the social media outage, on two different types of gambling activity: gaming (such as online casino games) and sports betting. A linear regression was estimated for several outcome variables (number of people gambling, amount of stake, number of bets) separately for each country and gambling type, while gender, age, time, and date were included as control variables.

Results

Most of the regressions showed a non-significant impact of the outage, and only a few significant (but small) differences were identified where the outage was associated with a lower outcome. In the case of the examined countries, the Facebook outage only had a marginal impact on gambling behavior.

Discussion and Conclusions

Further research and analysis are needed to explore the relationship between social media use and online gambling behavior.

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Addictive Behaviors Reports Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health

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期刊介绍： Addictive Behaviors Reports is an open-access and peer reviewed online-only journal offering an interdisciplinary forum for the publication of research in addictive behaviors. The journal accepts submissions that are scientifically sound on all forms of addictive behavior (alcohol, drugs, gambling, Internet, nicotine and technology) with a primary focus on behavioral and psychosocial research. The emphasis of the journal is primarily empirical. That is, sound experimental design combined with valid, reliable assessment and evaluation procedures are a requisite for acceptance. We are particularly interested in ''non-traditional'', innovative and empirically oriented research such as negative/null data papers, replication studies, case reports on novel treatments, and cross-cultural research. Studies that might encourage new lines of inquiry as well as scholarly commentaries on topical issues, systematic reviews, and mini reviews are also very much encouraged. We also welcome multimedia submissions that incorporate video or audio components to better display methodology or findings.