Concerning gamer identity: An examination of individual factors associated with accepting the label of gamer

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dc.contributor.authorHowe, William
dc.contributor.authorLivingston, Dalaki
dc.contributor.authorLee, Sun Kyong
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-06T22:24:47Z
dc.date.available2020-07-06T22:24:47Z
dc.date.issued2019-03
dc.description.abstractThis study examined characteristics of players that self-identified as gamers. Participants (N=476) were asked to complete an online survey and provide information about their video game play. Analyses of the survey responses found support for gamers being younger, men, and playing more. We also found that some of the genres of play and technology used diverged from previous research. The two most surprising findings were that gamers preferred to play on consoles more than on computers, and massive-multiplayer online games were not the most played genre. This paper contributed to research in three ways: previous assumptions surrounding gamer identity and demographics were tested, the genre of games and method of play were examined to refine the definition of a gamer, and the implications of gamer identity were discussed.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationHowe, W. T., Livingston, D. J., & Lee, S. K. (2019). Concerning gamer identity: An examination of individual factors associated with accepting the label of gamer. First Monday, 24(3). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v24i3.9443en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v24i3.9443en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11244/324944
dc.languageen_USen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/*
dc.subjectCommunication and Technologyen_US
dc.subjectVideo Gamesen_US
dc.subjectIdentityen_US
dc.titleConcerning gamer identity: An examination of individual factors associated with accepting the label of gameren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
ou.groupCollege of Arts and Sciences::Department of Communicationen_US

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