Communities and Online Gaming

Online game platforms provide a space for culturally and geographically diverse communities

It is quite possible to become overwhelmed by the amount of research and theory focused on community. However, for the following, the research has been limited to focusing on research conducted in the field of communities within the space of online games. Offline, a community could be defined as a group of people with commonalities… Continue reading Online game platforms provide a space for culturally and geographically diverse communities

Identity in Communities and Networks

Communities, Networks and People: Shaping our identity to fit the environment

Abstract: Everybody is connected to at least one type of community or network.  This could be family, work associates, social networks, and online communities.  None of us behave in exactly the same way in each of those communities because what is acceptable in one may not be acceptable in other for a number of reasons.… Continue reading Communities, Networks and People: Shaping our identity to fit the environment