Selected Conference Presentations

Link to all conference presentations

1. Xiao, L.Y. (2024, September 24–27). Illegal loot box advertising on social media: An empirical study using the Meta and TikTok ad transparency repositories. 10th European Communication Research and Education Association Conference (ECREA 2024), Ljubljana, Slovenia.

2. Xiao, L.Y. (2024, September 3–5). Illegal loot box advertising on social media: an empirical study using the Meta and TikTok ad transparency repositories. The 115th Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) Annual Conference (SLS Conference 2024), Bristol, UK.

3. Xiao, L.Y. (2024, March 26–28). Illegal loot box advertising on social media: an empirical study using the Meta and TikTok ad transparency repositories. Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Annual Conference 2024 (SLSA 2024), Portsmouth, UK.

4. Xiao, L.Y. (2024, March 26–28). Compliance with loot box regulation in the UK, the Netherlands, China, South Korea, and Taiwan. Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Annual Conference 2024 (SLSA 2024), Portsmouth, UK.

5. Xiao, L.Y. (2024, March 6). Illegal loot box advertising on social media: an empirical study using the Meta and TikTok ad transparency repositories [Poster]. Gambling Commission Spring Conference: Better Evidence, Better Outcomes, London, UK.

6. Xiao, L.Y. (2023, November 9–10). Opening the compliance and enforcement loot box: a retrospective and some musings on media, practice, and policy impacts through academic research. Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) Annual Conference 2023, Newcastle, UK.

7. Xiao, L.Y. (2023, July 26–27). Card packs and loot boxes: A biased regulatory contradiction?. GENeration Analog 2023: Biased Play, Remote. (Video: https://youtu.be/0oAJwe2rU1U?t=1722)

8. Xiao, L.Y. (2023, July 24–25). Beneath the label: Unsatisfactory compliance with ESRB, PEGI, and IARC industry self-regulation requiring loot box presence warning labels by video game companies. BPS (British Psychological Society) Cyberpsychology Section Annual Conference 2023 (Cyber 2023), Newcastle, UK.

9. Xiao, L.Y. (2023, July 6–7). What did players think about Belgium’s ‘ban’ on video game loot boxes?. VSR (the Dutch and Flemish Law and Society Association) Annual Conference 2023, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

10. Xiao, L.Y. (2023, June 28–29). Beneath the label: Poor compliance with industry self-regulation requiring loot box presence warning labels by video game companies. Current Advances in Gambling Research Conference 2023, London, UK.

11. Xiao, L.Y. (2023, June 19–23). What did players think about Belgium’s ‘ban’ on loot boxes?. Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) 2023 International Conference (DiGRA 2023), Sevilla, Spain. Extended abstract: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/3f2zj; http://digra.org:9998/DiGRA_2023_CR_8385.pdf

12. Xiao, L.Y. (2023, June 19–23). Beneath the label: Assessing video games’ compliance with ESRB and PEGI loot box warning label industry self-regulation. Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) 2023 International Conference (DiGRA 2023), Sevilla, Spain. Extended abstract: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/skz58; http://digra.org:9998/DiGRA_2023_CR_7741.pdf

13. Xiao, L.Y. (2023, June 19–23). What’s a Mini-Game? The Anatomy of Fishing Mini-Games. Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) 2023 International Conference (DiGRA 2023), Sevilla, Spain.

14. Park, S., Ballou, N., Denoo, M., Grosemans, E., Petrovskaya, E., Jin, Y., & Xiao, L.Y. (2023, June 19–23). Learnings from the case of Maple Refugees: A dystopian story of free-to-play, probability, and gamer consumer activism. Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) 2023 International Conference (DiGRA 2023), Sevilla, Spain. Extended abstract: http://digra.org:9998/DiGRA_2023_CR_2315.pdf

15. Xiao, L.Y. (2023, June 27–30). Beneath the label: Poor compliance with ESRB, PEGI, and IARC industry self-regulation requiring loot box presence warning labels by video game companies. The 114th Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) Annual Conference (SLS Conference 2023), Open Section, Oxford, UK.

16. Xiao, L.Y. (2023, April 4–6). Beneath the label: Assessing video games’ compliance with ESRB, PEGI and IARC loot box warning label industry self-regulation. Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Annual Conference 2023 (SLSA 2023), Derry-Londonderry, UK.

17. Xiao, L.Y. (2022, November 3–4). A public health ladder approach to loot box regulation. Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) Annual Conference 2022, Bristol, UK.

18. Xiao, L.Y. (2022, September 6–9). Breaking Ban: Assessing the effectiveness of Belgium’s gambling law regulation of video game loot boxes. The 113th Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) Annual Conference (SLS Conference 2022), Cyberlaw Section, London, UK.

19. Xiao, L.Y. (2022, August 21 – 24). Breaking Ban: Assessing the effectiveness of Belgium’s gambling law regulation of video game loot boxes. The 4th IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Conference on Games 2022 (CoG 2022), Beijing, China. (Video: https://youtu.be/yZq4pI79A1o)

20. Xiao, L.Y., Henderson, L.L., & Newall, P.W.S. (2022, July 7–11). What are the odds? Lower compliance with Western loot box probability disclosure industry self-regulation than Chinese legal regulation. Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) 2022 International Conference (DiGRA 2022), Kraków, Poland. [Postponed from 2022, April 25–29 in Guadalajara, Mexico]. (Proceedings)

21. Xiao, L.Y., Fraser, T.C., & Newall, P.W.S. (2022, July 7–11). Opening Pandora’s loot box: Weak links with gambling and player opinions on probability disclosures in China. Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) 2022 International Conference (DiGRA 2022), Kraków, Poland. [Postponed from 2022, April 25–29 in Guadalajara, Mexico]. (Proceedings)

22. Xiao, L.Y. (2022, April 20–23). Towards Reproducibility in Game Analysis: Some Reflections on the Study Design and Methodology of Loot Box Prevalence Studies. The Game Studies Journal and the Making Sense of Games (MSG) Project Game Analysis Perspectives (GAP) Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark. (Proceedings, pp 34–39: https://blogit.itu.dk/msgproject/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/04/conference-proceedings.pdf)

23. Xiao, L.Y., Henderson, L.L., & Newall, P.W.S. (2022, April 6–8). What are the odds? Lower compliance with Western loot box probability disclosure industry self-regulation than Chinese legal regulation. Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Annual Conference 2022 (SLSA 2022), York, UK.

24. Xiao, L.Y., Fraser, T.C., & Newall, P.W.S. (2021, September 6–10). Opening Pandora’s WEIRD Box: Novel Links between Problem Gambling and Loot Box Purchasing in China, and Players’ Experience with Probability Disclosures and Pity-Timers. British Association for Chinese Studies Conference 2021 (BACS 2021), Birmingham, UK. (Video Presentation)

25. Xiao, L.Y., Henderson, L.L., Yang, Y., & Newall, P.W.S. (2021, August 31–September 3). Gaming the system: legally required loot box probability disclosures in video games in China are implemented sub-optimally. The 112th Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) Annual Conference  (SLS Conference 2021), Cyberlaw Section, Durham, UK. (Video Presentation)

26. Xiao, L.Y., Henderson, L.L., Yang, Y., Fraser, T.C., & Newall, P.W.S. (2021, August 17–20). Loot boxes in China: Sub-optimal compliance with probability disclosure law and novel links with gambling. The 3rd IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Conference on Games 2021 (CoG 2021), Copenhagen, Denmark. (Official Recording; Video Presentation)

27. Xiao, L.Y. (2021, April 23). Loot boxes in video games and Gambling Act 2005. The Law Commission of England and Wales’ 14th Programme of Law Reform Academic Conference, London, UK. (Video Presentation)

28. Xiao, L.Y., Henderson, L.L., Yang, Y., & Newall, P.W.S. (2021, March 30–April 1). Gaming the system: legally-required loot box probability disclosures in video games in China are implemented sub-optimally. Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Annual Conference 2021 (SLSA 2021), Cardiff, UK. (Video Presentation; Poster)

29. Xiao, L.Y., Henderson, L.L., Yang, Y., & Newall, P.W.S. (2020, November 5–6). Loot box prevalence and video game companies’ interpretations of loot box probability disclosure regulations in the People’s Republic of China. Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) Annual Conference 2020, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. (Conference Programme) (Poster Video Presentation) [Awarded Poster Prize for Student-led Research

30. Xiao, L.Y. (2020, September 1–4). Regulating Loot Boxes as Gambling? A Critical Review of the Psychology and Ludology Literature and National Regulatory Responses in Europe and Asia [Paper presentation]. The 111th Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) Annual Conference  (SLS Conference 2020), Cyberlaw Section, Exeter, UK. (Abstract). (Video Presentation).