Video Games, Identity, and the Constellation of Information

Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society 32 (5):384-392 (2012)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

This article explores the identity of youth in relation to the information sources they choose in the constellation of information of video games, using the massively multiplayer online game World of Warcraft as an example. From this study, several identities are recognized that are combinations of the participants skill and level in the game, as well as their play style and the information practices they use in relation to school success.

Categories

Add categories

Keywords

Reprint years

DOI

10.1177/0270467612463797

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 91,386

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

My notes

Similar books and articles

Locating the wrongness in ultra-violent video games.David I. Waddington - 2007 - Ethics and Information Technology 9 (2):121-128.
Philosophy through video games.Jon Cogburn - 2009 - New York: Routledge. Edited by Mark Silcox.
Just how expert are “expert” video-game players? Assessing the experience and expertise of video-game players across “action” video-game genres.Andrew J. Latham, Lucy L. M. Patston & Lynette J. Tippett - 2013 - Frontiers in Psychology 4.
Social context in massively-multiplayer online games (MMOGs): ethical questions in shared space.Dorothy E. Warner & Mike Raiter - 2005 - International Review of Information Ethics 4 (7):46-52.
Detecting Health Problems Related to Addiction of Video Game Playing Using an Expert System.Samy S. Abu Naser & Mohran H. Al-Bayed - 2016 - World Wide Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development 2 (9):7-12.
Defending the morality of violent video games.Marcus Schulzke - 2010 - Ethics and Information Technology 12 (2):127-138.
The Evolution of Video Game Affordances and Implications for Parental Mediation.Sun Sun Lim & Hee Jhee Jiow - 2012 - Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society 32 (6):455-462.
Are Video Games Art?Aaron Smuts - 2005 - Contemporary Aesthetics 3.
Video Games and the Philosophy of Art.Aaron Smuts - 2005 - American Society for Aesthetics Newsletter.
Best Practices for the Design and Development of Ethical Learning Video Games.Rudy McDaniel & Stephen M. Fiore - 2012 - International Journal of Cyber Ethics in Education 2 (4):1-23.
The Semiotics of Video Games.Christophe Bruchansky - 2011
Game mechanics and technological mediation: an ethical perspective on the effects of MMORPG’s.Christian Klemm & Wolter Pieters - 2017 - Ethics and Information Technology 19 (2):81-93.
Information Tracking in Games on Graphs.Dietmar Berwanger & Łukasz Kaiser - 2010 - Journal of Logic, Language and Information 19 (4):395-412.
An Intelligent Tutoring System for Health Problems Related To Addiction of Video Game Playing.Mohran H. Al-Bayed & Samy S. Abu Naser - 2017 - International Journal of Advanced Scientific Research 2 (1):4-10.
Generic Structures, Generic Experiences: A Cognitive Experientialist Approach to Video Game Analysis.Andreas Gregersen - 2014 - Philosophy and Technology 27 (2):159-175.

Analytics

Added to PP
2020-11-27

Downloads
13 (#1,010,467)

6 months
6 (#504,917)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

Childhood and society.E. H. Erikson - 1955 - Revue Philosophique de la France Et de l'Etranger 145:87-88.
Social Identity.Richard Jenkins - 2014 - Hoboken, NJ: Routledge.

Add more references