東華大學圖書館 |

Language: English

Help

回圖書館首頁

手機版館藏查詢

Back

Switch To: Labeled | MARC Mode | ISBD

Experiences of playing massively mul...

Rusczek, Jacob R.

Linked to FindBook

Google Book

Amazon

博客來

Experiences of playing massively multiplayer online role-playing games: A phenomenological exploration.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Experiences of playing massively multiplayer online role-playing games: A phenomenological exploration./
Author:	Rusczek, Jacob R.
Description:	428 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 77-01(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International77-01B(E).
Subject:	Social psychology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3719663
ISBN:	9781339002149

Experiences of playing massively multiplayer online role-playing games: A phenomenological exploration.
Rusczek, Jacob R.

Experiences of playing massively multiplayer online role-playing games: A phenomenological exploration. - 428 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 77-01(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Duquesne University, 2015.

This dissertation presents an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experience of being engaged in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). These games have become increasingly popular over the past decade and have earned the reputation of being highly engrossing or even addicting. In this study, five long-term players were interviewed in person. For a portion of the interviews, the researcher observed the participants playing their games. The interviews were transcribed and subsequently analyzed using interpretive phenomenological analysis, which yielded individual and shared themes. Individual themes are first presented, which provides a rich sense of each participant's particular way of engaging with his or her game. Shared themes across participants are then detailed, with an emphasis on one prominent theme common to all participants: investment. This theme revealed that engagement in an MMORPG is structured upon investing time and effort in order to earn rewards. These findings are consistent with the position that MMORPGs are attractive to players because they offer the opportunity to engage in pursuits congruent with modernist ideologies, such as capitalism and instrumental rationality. However, my participants also invested in ways that exceeded modernist values, such as forming relationships with other players and engaging with the narrative and thematic dimensions of their games.

ISBN: 9781339002149Subjects--Topical Terms:

520219
Social psychology.

Experiences of playing massively multiplayer online role-playing games: A phenomenological exploration.
LDR:02354nmm a2200289 4500 001 2066668
005 20151205153427.5
008 170521s2015 ||||||||||||||||| ||eng d
020 $a 9781339002149
035 $a (MiAaPQ)AAI3719663
035 $a AAI3719663
040 $a MiAaPQ $c MiAaPQ
100 1 $a Rusczek, Jacob R. $3 3181498
245 1 0 $a Experiences of playing massively multiplayer online role-playing games: A phenomenological exploration.
300 $a 428 p.
500 $a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 77-01(E), Section: B.
500 $a Adviser: Eva M. Simms.
502 $a Thesis (Ph.D.)--Duquesne University, 2015.
520 $a This dissertation presents an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experience of being engaged in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). These games have become increasingly popular over the past decade and have earned the reputation of being highly engrossing or even addicting. In this study, five long-term players were interviewed in person. For a portion of the interviews, the researcher observed the participants playing their games. The interviews were transcribed and subsequently analyzed using interpretive phenomenological analysis, which yielded individual and shared themes. Individual themes are first presented, which provides a rich sense of each participant's particular way of engaging with his or her game. Shared themes across participants are then detailed, with an emphasis on one prominent theme common to all participants: investment. This theme revealed that engagement in an MMORPG is structured upon investing time and effort in order to earn rewards. These findings are consistent with the position that MMORPGs are attractive to players because they offer the opportunity to engage in pursuits congruent with modernist ideologies, such as capitalism and instrumental rationality. However, my participants also invested in ways that exceeded modernist values, such as forming relationships with other players and engaging with the narrative and thematic dimensions of their games.
590 $a School code: 0067.
650 4 $a Social psychology. $3 520219
650 4 $a Mass communication. $3 2144804
650 4 $a Web studies. $3 2122754
690 $a 0451
690 $a 0708
690 $a 0646
710 2 $a Duquesne University. $b Clinical Psychology. $3 1672669
773 0 $t Dissertation Abstracts International $g 77-01B(E).
790 $a 0067
791 $a Ph.D.
792 $a 2015
793 $a English
856 4 0 $u http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3719663