Context, Community, and the Individual: Modeling Identity in a Game Affinity Space

Autor/inn/en	Barany, Amanda; Foster, Aroutis
Titel	Context, Community, and the Individual: Modeling Identity in a Game Affinity Space
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Education, 89 (2021) 3, S.523-540 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Barany, Amanda)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0973
DOI	10.1080/00220973.2020.1740966
Schlagwörter	Video Games; Discussion Groups; Social Networks; Individual Development; Self Concept; Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Individuelle Entwicklung; Selbstkonzept; Lernen
Abstract	Video games, and the affinity spaces that develop around them, have been lauded as valuable sites for promoting learning as a transformational and intentional process of identity exploration. This research examines how such processes are enacted on a community discussion forum for the space flight simulator game Kerbal Space Program. Public longitudinal data was downloaded from a social network of active forum posters, which was coded for identity exploration constructs as defined by the Projective Reflection theoretical framework. Coding informed the development of two case studies selected to illustrate how identity exploration manifested in two central members of the social network. Findings offer insights into how learning as identity exploration is enacted in game community forums and affinity spaces. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01