Gaming Social Capital: Exploring Civic Value in Multiplayer Video Games

Logan Molyneux; Krishnan Vasudevan; Homero Gil de Zúñiga

doi:10.1111/jcc4.12123

Gaming Social Capital: Exploring Civic Value in Multiplayer Video Games

Logan Molyneux, Krishnan Vasudevan, Homero Gil de Zúñiga

Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications

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Abstract

Recent research suggests that social interactions in video games may lead to the development of community bonding and prosocial attitudes. Building on this line of research, a national survey of U.S. adults finds that gamers who develop ties with a community of fellow gamers possess gaming social capital, a new gaming-related community construct that is shown to be a positive antecedent in predicting both face-to-face social capital and civic participation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	381-399
Number of pages	19
Journal	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Volume	20
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jcc4.12123
State	Published - Jul 1 2015

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Computer Science Applications
Computer Networks and Communications

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