Is #NotMyBattlefield Rooted in Gamer Identity? An Examination of Demographic Factors, Genre Preference, and Technology Use of Gamers

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dc.contributor.author Howe Jr., William
dc.contributor.author Livingston, Dalaki
dc.contributor.author Lee, Sun Kyong
dc.date.accessioned 2019-01-03T00:04:50Z
dc.date.available 2019-01-03T00:04:50Z
dc.date.issued 2019-01-08
dc.description.abstract This study examined characteristics of players that self-identified as gamers. Participants (N = 476) were asked to complete an online survey and provide information about their video game play. Analyses of the survey responses found support for gamers being younger, men, and playing more. We also found that some of the genres of play and technology used diverged from previous research. The two most surprising findings were that gamers preferred to play on consoles more than on computers, and massive-multiplayer online games were not the most played genre. This paper contributed to research in three ways: previous assumptions surrounding gamer identity and demographics were tested, the genre of games and method of play were examined to refine the definition of a gamer, and the implications of gamer identity were discussed.
dc.format.extent 10 pages
dc.identifier.doi 10.24251/HICSS.2019.300
dc.identifier.isbn 978-0-9981331-2-6
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/59688
dc.language.iso eng
dc.relation.ispartof Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject Games and Gaming
dc.subject Digital and Social Media
dc.subject communication and technology, game studies, social identity, video games
dc.title Is #NotMyBattlefield Rooted in Gamer Identity? An Examination of Demographic Factors, Genre Preference, and Technology Use of Gamers
dc.type Conference Paper
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