New Perspectives on the Social Aspects of Digital Gaming

Thorsten Quandt holds the chair of Online Communication at the University of Münster, Germany. Rachel Kowert recently completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Münster, Germany.

1. Multiplayer and beyond: Witnessing the evolution of gaming



[Thorsten Quandt & Rachel Kowert]

Part I: Social Forms of Gaming



2. From social play to social games and back: The emergence and development of social network games



[Frans Mäyrä, Jaakko Sternos, Janne Paavilainen, & Annakaisa Kultima]



3. Identifying social forms of flow in multi-user games



[Joceran Borderie & Nicolas Michinov]



4. Envisioning the other: A grounded exploration of social roles in digital game play



[Jasmien Vervaeke, Frederik De Grove, & Jan Van Looy]

Part II: Online Gaming



5. Multiplayer games as the ultimate communication lab and incubator: A multi-media Study



[John L. Sherry, Andy Boyan, Kendra Knight, Cherylann Edwards, & Qi Hao]



6. The MMORPG designer’s journey: Casualization and its consequences for social interactions



[Daniel Pietschmann, Benny Liebold, & Georg Valtin]



7. Multiplayer features and game success



[André Marchand]

Part III: Gender Issues in Gaming Communities



8. Sexism in video games and the gaming community



[Jesse Fox & Wai Yen Tang]



9. Women are from FarmVille, Men are from ViceCity: The cycle of exclusion and sexism in video game content and culture



[Rachel Kowert, Johannes Breuer, & Thorsten Quandt]

Part IV: Games for Change



10. The key features of persuasive games: A model and case analysis



[Ruud Jacobs, Jeroen Jansz, & Teresa de la Hera Conde-Pumpido]



11. "Resist the dictatorship of Malygos on Coldarra Island!" Evidence of MMOG culture in Taiwan’s Sunflower Social Movement



[Holin Lin & Chuen Tsai Sun]



12. Between drudgery and "Promesse du bonheur": Games and gamification



[Mathias Fuchs]