Gamers never play alone: an interface-centred analysis of online video gaming

Online gaming involves a complex and multidimensional set of practices. This article proposes understanding online video gaming based on an interface-centred approach that goes beyond the classic study of the “graphic user interface”. In this theoretical and analytical framework, the interface is co...

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Autores: Scolari, Carlos Alberto, 1963-, Pires de Sá, Fernanda, Masanet, Maria-Jose
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
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Palabra clave:video gaming
online video gaming
interface
actor
relationship
process
adolescents
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spelling Gamers never play alone: an interface-centred analysis of online video gamingScolari, Carlos Alberto, 1963-Pires de Sá, FernandaMasanet, Maria-Josevideo gamingonline video gaminginterfaceactorrelationshipprocessadolescentsOnline gaming involves a complex and multidimensional set of practices. This article proposes understanding online video gaming based on an interface-centred approach that goes beyond the classic study of the “graphic user interface”. In this theoretical and analytical framework, the interface is considered the place where human, institutional and technological actors relate to each other and different processes are carried out. The article draws the data from empirical research with teens carried out in eight countries. It analyses the teenagers’ online playing experience as an interface, understood as a ‘network of actors’ that goes beyond the single video gaming device (console, PC, etc.). This work also presents a map of actors, relationships and processes of the online video gaming interface, paying particular attention to the tensions and critical issues that arise, from a perspective that, in further studies, could be expanded to other practices.University of Illinois202320232022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/56644http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/fm.v27i1.11623reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésFirst Monday. 2022;27(1-3):[15 p.].© 2022 First Monday. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/566442026-06-12T07:21:37Z
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title Gamers never play alone: an interface-centred analysis of online video gaming
spellingShingle Gamers never play alone: an interface-centred analysis of online video gaming
Scolari, Carlos Alberto, 1963-
video gaming
online video gaming
interface
actor
relationship
process
adolescents
title_short Gamers never play alone: an interface-centred analysis of online video gaming
title_full Gamers never play alone: an interface-centred analysis of online video gaming
title_fullStr Gamers never play alone: an interface-centred analysis of online video gaming
title_full_unstemmed Gamers never play alone: an interface-centred analysis of online video gaming
title_sort Gamers never play alone: an interface-centred analysis of online video gaming
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Scolari, Carlos Alberto, 1963-
Pires de Sá, Fernanda
Masanet, Maria-Jose
author Scolari, Carlos Alberto, 1963-
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Pires de Sá, Fernanda
Masanet, Maria-Jose
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Masanet, Maria-Jose
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv video gaming
online video gaming
interface
actor
relationship
process
adolescents
topic video gaming
online video gaming
interface
actor
relationship
process
adolescents
description Online gaming involves a complex and multidimensional set of practices. This article proposes understanding online video gaming based on an interface-centred approach that goes beyond the classic study of the “graphic user interface”. In this theoretical and analytical framework, the interface is considered the place where human, institutional and technological actors relate to each other and different processes are carried out. The article draws the data from empirical research with teens carried out in eight countries. It analyses the teenagers’ online playing experience as an interface, understood as a ‘network of actors’ that goes beyond the single video gaming device (console, PC, etc.). This work also presents a map of actors, relationships and processes of the online video gaming interface, paying particular attention to the tensions and critical issues that arise, from a perspective that, in further studies, could be expanded to other practices.
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