“Kinda like The Sims... But with ghosts?”: A Qualitative Analysis of Video Game Re-finding Requests on Reddit

Jørgensen, Ida Kathrine Hammeleff; Bogers, Toine

doi:10.1145/3402942.3402971

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“…around the subreddit’s topic (e.g., Elden Ring ). While several studies have examined gaming discourses on subreddits (e.g., Jorgensen & Bogers, 2020; Bergstrom & Poor, 2021), the platform has received less attention from educational researchers focused on gaming affinity spaces and/or SEL. Elden Ring is a critically-acclaimed action role-playing video game published in 2022 that has won multiple Game of the Year awards (Gerblick, 2023).…”

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Informal Social-Emotional Learning in Gaming Affinity Spaces: Evidence From a Reddit Discussion Thread on Elden Ring

Czauderna,

von Gillern,

Robinson

2023

Simulation & Gaming

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Background Over the past few years, there has been extensive discussion and research on social-emotional learning (SEL) in formal educational settings. However, there is limited research on SEL in informal learning contexts, including online sites such as gaming affinity spaces. Aim This qualitative study aimed to investigate the social-emotional competencies demonstrated by players in a Reddit discussion board focused on Elden Ring, a video game known for its challenging difficulty. Methods The study utilized theoretical qualitative thematic analysis on a focal thread at r/Eldenring. The thread had been upvoted over 18,000 times, included 2,363 comments encompassing 116,911 words, and had 997,765 readers when we extracted it for data analysis. Inductive codes were identified and grouped under preconceived themes based on the conceptual framework of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), which comprises five components: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. Findings The analysis revealed promising social-emotional competencies demonstrated by players across all five components of the CASEL framework. Players exhibited self-awareness by reflecting on their emotions and self-management by regulating their frustration and persevering through challenges. Social awareness was displayed by showing empathy and encouragement towards others, relationship skills by offering support and advice to fellow players, and responsible decision-making by analyzing situations, solving problems, and reflecting on gameplay experiences. Conclusion This study highlights the potential for informal SEL in gaming affinity spaces, as evidenced by players exhibiting social-emotional competencies during a Reddit discussion thread on Elden Ring. Future research should examine, among other aspects, the learning processes that facilitate the acquisition of social-emotional competencies in gaming affinity spaces and other informal learning environments, both online and offline. Additionally, special attention should be paid to the unique features of online platforms (like Reddit’s upvoting/downvoting) and their influence on users’ interactions and SEL.

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confidence: 99%

Informal Social-Emotional Learning in Gaming Affinity Spaces: Evidence From a Reddit Discussion Thread on Elden Ring

Czauderna,

von Gillern,

Robinson

2023

Simulation & Gaming

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“…Finally, I include a broad category of data generated as a byproduct of other player or community activities. Researchers can collect game reviews (Petrovskaya et al 2022;Lu et al 2020) or forum posts (Jørgensen and Bogers 2020); more generally, webscraping with tools like Scrapy (sc r a p y . o rg)-where permissible-can generate large amounts of data about how players are behaving or engaging with games.…”

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A Manifesto for More Productive Psychological Games Research

Ballou

2023

ACM Games

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Despite enormous resource investment, researchers lack consensus on seemingly simple questions about how video games affect players. Topics such as violent games and aggression, playtime and wellbeing, and more are characterized by deeply divided opinions and conflicting results even at the meta-analytic level. I argue that much of this disagreement stems from limitations of common methods, including use of problematic self-report measures, overreliance on cross-sectional research, and superficial use of theory, among others. To resolve debates more effectively, I describe seven practices games research should adopt more widely: (1) strengthening the theoretical derivation chain, (2) attending to inter-individual effect size variation, (3) prioritizing longitudinal, within-person studies, (4) justifying measurement decisions, (5) harnessing digital trace data, (6) controlling individual game features, and (7) adopting open research principles. For each practice, I include practical steps and resources for implementing them in one’s own work. While critical of the current state of knowledge, the article is hopeful: with the help of these practices, the next generation of video games research can be the most informative yet.

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“…However, the need is frequently overlooked: online public access catalog (OPAC) systems in libraries require users to enter various details, such as title, author, press, and other keywords, which previous studies proved is difficult for young children (Busey & Doerr, 1993; Hirsh & Borgman, 1995). Moreover, search engines are unable to satisfy this need for information (Jørgensen & Bogers, 2020) and inadequate efforts are made in related research areas to help young children solve the dilemma of searching for known books.…”

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“There is a gorilla holding a key on the book cover”: Young children's known picture book search strategies

Wang

Xie

et al. 2021

Asso for Info Science & Tech

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There is no information search system can assist young children's known picture book search needs since the information is not organized according to their cognitive abilities and needs. Therefore, this study explored young children's known picture book search strategies and extracted picture book search elements by simulating a search scenario and playing a picture book search game. The study found 29 elements children used to search for known picture books. Then, these elements are classified into three dimensions: The first dimension is the concept category of an element. The second dimension is an element's status in the story. The third dimension indicates where an element appears in a picture book. Additionally, it revealed a young children's general search strategy: Children first use auditory elements that they hear from the adults during reading. After receiving error returns, they add visual elements that they see by themselves in picture books. The findings can not only help to understand young children's known-item search and reformulation strategies during searching but also provide theoretical support for the development of a picture book information organization schema in the search system.

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“Kinda like The Sims... But with ghosts?”: A Qualitative Analysis of Video Game Re-finding Requests on Reddit

Cited by 9 publications

References 15 publications

Informal Social-Emotional Learning in Gaming Affinity Spaces: Evidence From a Reddit Discussion Thread on Elden Ring

Informal Social-Emotional Learning in Gaming Affinity Spaces: Evidence From a Reddit Discussion Thread on Elden Ring

A Manifesto for More Productive Psychological Games Research

“There is a gorilla holding a key on the book cover”: Young children's known picture book search strategies

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