Motivations for game play and the social capital and civic potential of video games

Autor:	Masahiro Yamamoto, Paul Skalski, Matthew J. Kushin, Francis Dalisay, Yung-I Liu
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Sociology and Political Science Communication media_common.quotation_subject Need for achievement Social engagement Personalization Escapism Politics Civic engagement Psychology Video game Social psychology Social capital media_common
Zdroj:	New Media & Society. 17:1399-1417
ISSN:	1461-7315 1461-4448
DOI:	10.1177/1461444814525753
Popis:	This study examined the relationships between video game play motivations identified by Yee (2006), social capital (measured by social trust and neighborliness), political participation, and civic engagement. Results of a survey of 465 college students in the United States showed that the Social motivation for video game play was positively associated with neighborliness. A factor consisting of Discovery/Role-playing/Customization, subcomponents of the Immersion motivation, was positively associated with civic engagement. Also, two marginally significant associations were found: a positive one between the Achievement motivation and civic engagement, and a negative one between Escapism, a subcomponent of the Immersion motivation, and trust. Implications were discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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