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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025

"Play as a Nazi prison guard": childhood and adolescent exposure to online extremist materials in online gaming environments.

Jade Hutchinson, Ruxandra Mihaela Gheorghe, David Yuzva Clement, Kenton Bell, Lorraine Kellum, Michaela Rana, Alex Shuttleworth, Stephanie Scott-Smith

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jade HutchinsonDepartment of Security Studies, Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Staré Město, Czechia.
Ruxandra Mihaela GheorgheSchool of Social Work, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
David Yuzva ClementSchool of Social Work, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Kenton BellIndependent Researcher, Mooresville, NC, United States.
Lorraine KellumEducational Consultant, Teachstone Inc. M.A. in Education, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States.
Michaela RanaDepartment of Security Studies and Criminology, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Alex ShuttleworthThe School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Stephanie Scott-SmithDepartment of Security Studies and Criminology, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

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Abstract

This article analyzes 18 expert assessments reflecting professional evaluations and experiences on the relationship between children, adolescents, and online gaming technologies that facilitate exposure to extremist contents and recruiters. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 18 researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from government, academic, and education-based organizations across the Indo-Pacific, Europe, and North America. Online gaming emerged as a prominent concern and important component of the sociotechnical environment that facilitates children and adolescent exposure to extremist content and recruitment activities. The findings emphasized the importance of private-public partnerships, future "safety-by-design" initiatives, interdisciplinary collaboration with the cognitive-psychological and the developmental sciences, and need to understand the swiftly changing technological characteristics of online gaming in shaping how children and adolescents may encounter online extremism. We also highlight these experts' opinions on the wider sociotechnical environment where such exposure is made possible. This article offers guidance and recommendations to researchers, practitioners, and policymakers who wish to better understand and address the influence of online extremism on child and adolescent development in the digital age.

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adolescentchildrendevelopmentextremismonline gamingradicalizationvideo games

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PMCPMC12920570

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