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Sociaal contact in een MMORPG gemiddelde score op de motivaties per rol (= p<0.05): Een exploratief onderzoek naar de motivaties voor het spelen van World of Warcraft vanuit de uses & gratifications-benadering

Tijdschrift voor communicatiewetenschap, 2011-03, Vol.39 (1), p.44 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

ISSN: 1384-6930 ;EISSN: 1875-7286

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    Sociaal contact in een MMORPG gemiddelde score op de motivaties per rol (= p<0.05): Een exploratief onderzoek naar de motivaties voor het spelen van World of Warcraft vanuit de uses & gratifications-benadering
  • Author: De Vocht, Melanie ; Van Looy, Jan ; Courtois, Cédric ; De Marez, Lieven
  • Subjects: Computer & video games ; Motivation ; Social psychology
  • Is Part Of: Tijdschrift voor communicatiewetenschap, 2011-03, Vol.39 (1), p.44
  • Description:   Social contact in a MMORPG. An exploratory study into the motivations of playing World of Warcraft from a uses & gratifications perspective. The results of a study on motivations for playing Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPG), c.q. World of Warcraft (WoW), on 1691 gamers have been described in this article. The research hypothesis states that the social contact in-game is the main motivation of playing WoW. After a factor analysis, eight motivations can be defined: 'escapism' (α= 0,694), 'arousal'(α= 0,573), 'social contact in WoW' (α= 0,794), 'challenge' (α= 0,758), 'immersion' (α= 0,765), 'skills' (α= 0,907), 'social contact in real life' (α= 0,739), 'strong competition' (α= 0,771). 'Social contact in WoW' ends on the third place. Still, 89% of the respondents think that the multiplayer aspect is important. Two other dimensions have been found: 'character identification' (α= 0,749) and 'character importance' (α= 0,826). By distinguishing a group 'High Character Involvement' and 'Low Character Involvement' there have been found interesting differences with regard to the motivations. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
  • Publisher: The Hague: Boom Uitgevers Den Haag
  • Language: Dutch
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1384-6930
    EISSN: 1875-7286
  • Source: AUTh Library subscriptions: ProQuest Central
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