A Practice-Based Analysis of an Online Strategy Game Export

@incollection{citeulike:6056796, abstract = {In this paper, we will analyze a massively multiplayer online game in an attempt to identify the elements of practice that enable social interaction and cooperation within the game's virtual world. Communities of Practice and Activity Theory offer the theoretical lens for identifying and understanding what constitutes practice within the community and how such practice is manifest and transmitted during game play. Our analysis suggests that in contrast to prevalent perceptions of practice as being textually mediated, in virtual settings it is framed as much in social interactions as in processes, artifacts and the tools constituting the 'linguistic' domain of the game or the practice the gaming community is about.}, author = {Milolidakis, Giannis and Kimble, Chris and Akoumianakis, Demosthenes}, citeulike-article-id = {6056796}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04568-4_45}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/m356066037p48uuh}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-04568-4_45}, journal = {Leveraging Knowledge for Innovation in Collaborative Networks}, keywords = {on-line\_communities, online\_community, social\_computing, social\_interaction, social\_interactions, virtual-ethnography, virtual\_communities, virtual\_environment, virtual\_settings, virtual\_world}, pages = {433--440}, posted-at = {2009-11-02 16:30:05}, priority = {2}, title = {A Practice-Based Analysis of an Online Strategy Game}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04568-4_45}, year = {2009} }

TY - CHAP ID - citeulike:6056796 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6056796 N2 - In this paper, we will analyze a massively multiplayer online game in an attempt to identify the elements of practice that enable social interaction and cooperation within the game’s virtual world. Communities of Practice and Activity Theory offer the theoretical lens for identifying and understanding what constitutes practice within the community and how such practice is manifest and transmitted during game play. Our analysis suggests that in contrast to prevalent perceptions of practice as being textually mediated, in virtual settings it is framed as much in social interactions as in processes, artifacts and the tools constituting the ‘linguistic’ domain of the game or the practice the gaming community is about. JF - Leveraging Knowledge for Innovation in Collaborative Networks EP - 440 TI - A Practice-Based Analysis of an Online Strategy Game SP - 433 KW - on-line_communities KW - online_community KW - social_computing KW - social_interaction KW - social_interactions KW - virtual-ethnography KW - virtual_communities KW - virtual_environment KW - virtual_settings KW - virtual_world AU - Milolidakis, Giannis AU - Kimble, Chris AU - Akoumianakis, Demosthenes PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04568-4_45 ER -