Gaming Social Capital: Exploring Civic Value in Multiplayer Video Games |
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| Authors: | Logan Molyneux Krishnan Vasudevan Homero Gil de Zúñiga |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Media and Communication, Temple University, 2020 North 13th Street;2. University of Texas at Austin, 300 W. Dean Keeton;3. University of Vienna, and Research Fellow at Universidad Diego Portales, Chile |
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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. |
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| Keywords: | Video Games Multiplayer Games Gaming Social Capital Social Capital Civic Participation |
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