World of Warcraft rapidly became one of the most popular online world games on the planet,
amassing 11.5 million subscribers—officially making it an online community of gamers that …

Competitive computer gaming (eSports) has emerged as an important aspect of virtual-world
consumption. This paper advances the concept of eSports consumption in marketing by …

Decades of research have examined human-computer interaction with or across multiple
(computational) artifacts as artifact ecologies, communicative ecologies, device ecologies …

Prior studies have shown how knowledge diffusion occurs in classrooms and structured
small groups around assigned tasks yet have not begun to account for widespread …

This paper discusses two main claims made about virtual worlds: first, that people become"
immersed" in virtual worlds because of their sensorial realism, and second, because virtual …

This article examines the dynamics of new media in China with an emphasis on youth uses
and practices. While much attention has been devoted to the government's regime of …

Social interaction acts as a key motivation for playing online games; however, some players
engage in in-game intra-group aggressive behavior, such as swearing, ignoring, and …

Game researchers have extensively studied how players form long-term social
organizations such as guilds and clans to accomplish complex tasks such as raiding in …

Internet censorship has been a popular topic both in academia and in the popular press. A
fundamental question that has not been fully addressed is how censorship is perceived by …

This article examines the crisis over Internet gaming and Internet addiction in China through
the lens of moral panic theory. In addition to comparing the Chinese situation to other crises …