Journal article
Context, Community, and the Individual: Modeling Identity in a Game Affinity Space
The Journal of experimental education, v 89(3), pp 523-540
03 Jul 2021
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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.
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- Title
- Context, Community, and the Individual: Modeling Identity in a Game Affinity Space
- Creators
- Amanda Barany - Drexel UniversityAroutis Foster - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- The Journal of experimental education, v 89(3), pp 523-540
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000524599700001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85083364976
- Other Identifier
- 991019168777804721
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