Beyond Addiction

Mavoa, Jane; Carter, Marcus; Gibbs, Martin

doi:10.1145/3116595.3116638

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“…Minecraft in particular is often framed as a game that encourages skills relating to STEM disciplines (Ito, 2017). Numerous text responses from parents in other parts of our survey mentioned attributes such as planning, spatial awareness, building and design as positive benefits of playing Minecraft (Mavoa et al, 2017b). These skills map well onto descriptions of STEM focus in school curricula.…”

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Children and Minecraft: A survey of children’s digital play

Mavoa

Carter

Gibbs

2017

New Media & Society

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Digital games such as Minecraft currently hold a position of significance in the media diets of many children. However, little is known explicitly about just who plays, with whom and how. This article presents the quantitative results of a survey of 753 parents of children aged 3–12 years about their child’s engagement with Minecraft. Our results establish Minecraft as the dominant digital game title played by this age group, particularly on tablet devices. We provide evidence of a marked early gendering of children’s Minecraft play and engagement with meta-game material. This research gives particular impetus to efforts aimed at ensuring gender equity in digital game–related cultural spaces inhabited by children. It also highlights the importance of collecting game-specific descriptive information, rather than limiting studies to aggregate measures of ‘screen time’.

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Children and Minecraft: A survey of children’s digital play

Mavoa

Carter

Gibbs

2017

New Media & Society

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“…While we do not doubt that gaming behaviours can become problematic, and would encourage further research into gaming being used as avoidance, we also noted a tension between reconciling the beneits reported by participants and their questioning of whether gaming was less 'productive' than other activities. As suggested by work on parents' perception of children's game play [28], it appears that discourses around 'moral panics' concerning gaming addiction [26] and the value of play [28] likely shape how players perceive and report on the inluence of games. These issues potentially make it harder to discuss the utility of games within the context of sensitive life experiences and to unpack the impact of gaming activities more generally.…”

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The Role of Gaming During Difficult Life Experiences

Iacovides

Mekler

2019

Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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HCI has become increasingly interested in the use of technology during diicult life experiences. Yet despite considerable popularity, little is known about how and why people engage with games in times of personal diiculty. Based on a qualitative analysis of an online survey (N=95), our indings indicate that games ofered players much needed respite from stress, supported them in dealing with their feelings, facilitated social connections, stimulated personal change and growth, and provided a lifeline in times of existential doubt. However, despite an emphasis on gaming as being able to support coping in ways other activities did not, participants also referred to games as unproductive and as an obstacle to living well. We discuss these indings in relation to both coping process and outcome, while considering tensions around the potential beneits and perceived value of gaming.

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“…However, the game would never have had the success it achieved if it did not present a space for children to play and create together. The research done around the game "Minecraft" presents the main gain of playing the game as "fostering creativity" (Mavoa, Carter, & Gibbs, 2017). "Minecraft" connects players in order to collaborate, instead of competing.…”

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Multimodality and Expressivity in Videogames

Zagalo¹

2019

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This article addresses multimodality and expressivity in digital games, from the perspective of audiovisual communication, discussing essential critical dimensions regarding game literacy and experience. An overview on how we make meaning from audiovisual media is presented, to frame the focus on the multimodal cognitive nature of digital games. After comparing film and digital games, we discuss how and why the latter are rapidly becoming more relevant than television, discussing media learning differences between vicarious and enactive representations, and the creative need for children to access networks so as to interact in multimodal communication environments.

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Beyond Addiction

Cited by 18 publications

References 23 publications

Children and Minecraft: A survey of children’s digital play

Children and Minecraft: A survey of children’s digital play

The Role of Gaming During Difficult Life Experiences

Multimodality and Expressivity in Videogames

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