Online Gaming Practices of Preteens: Independent Entertainment Time and Transmedia Game Play

Willett, Rebekah

doi:10.1111/chso.12155

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“…Participants were recruited who engaged regularly in video game play and the articles examined the participant’s everyday play experiences indicating purpose and meaning for the child. The participants chose and engaged in their everyday play experiences demonstrating ecological relevance [ 18 , 49 , 56 ]. In Van Rooij et al’s [ 54 ] study families were provided a console system, motion sensors and example games for a two-week period and were interviewed before and after [ 54 ].…”

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“…By this, the purpose and meaning of videogaming was derived from the research question, focusing on the persistence of engagement in video game play which limited the personal and ecological relevance. All studies utilised interviews in data collection with the inclusion of observation [ 49 ] and observation and paper-based activities [ 56 ]. All articles in this category demonstrated the use of quotes throughout the articles to clearly position the child’s voice throughout.…”

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“…A total of ten articles fall within the autotelic play category [ 28 , 30 , 33 , 34 , 41 , 43 , 48 , 52 , 56 , 57 ]. All articles within this category demonstrate a general relevance to a child’s daily life with games, devices, and apps used in the research readily available, such as Minecraft, Fortnite, and Club Penguin.…”

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“…Observation and interviews were used in all studies [ 29 , 37 , 40 , 47 ], with the additional of written text in Brownell, [ 31 ] and drawings in Hannaford [ 40 ] study. The child’s perspective and voice was clear throughout the results in four articles [ 39 , 44 , 56 , 57 ].…”

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Children’s experiences of play in digital spaces: A scoping review

2022

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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child has substantiated play for play’s sake, thus focusing on the doing or being of play rather than any potentially desired outcomes. Examining this type of play from the perspective of the child acknowledges children as meaning-makers. A scoping review was conducted to expose and map the extent of the evidence available in the emerging and diverse field of children’s experiences of play in digital spaces. Specifically, the literature was examined with regards to relevance to children’s everyday lives, the personal and ecological relevance, and the methods used. A systematic search of the literature over the past fifteen years found thirty-one articles appropriate for inclusion. The analysis of the literature revealed that the articles formed four categories of how play in digital spaces was approached: ‘Videogames, behaviours, and societal norms’, ‘Videogames for its own sake’, ‘Videogames for learning’, and ‘Active Videogames for health promotion’. This scoping review has identified a lack of articles focusing on children’s experiences of play in a digital space, and these perspectives are essential for parents, professionals, game designers, and policymakers alike to contribute to an enhanced understanding of the role of play in digital spaces.

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confidence: 99%

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Children’s experiences of play in digital spaces: A scoping review

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“…He demonstrates the key role that gaming knowledge or gaming capital (Consalvo, 2007) has in children’s broader social structures. More recently, Willett (2016) describes the role of family context and “tweens” developing need for autonomy in relation to 7- to 11-year-old children’s online gaming practices. This scholarship demonstrates that the ways in which young people engage with games and game culture over time change.…”

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Situating the Appeal ofFortniteWithin Children’s Changing Play Cultures

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Fortnite is a massively multiplayer online “battle royale” game that rapidly grew in 2018 to become one of the most popular digital games in the world, with a reported peak of 10.8 million concurrent players and 250 million registered players in March 2019. Based on 24 interviews with young people aged 9–14 (17 boys and 7 girls), this article sets out to provide an account of the appeal and experience of Fortnite. While it is impossible to pinpoint exactly why Fortnite has been such a phenomenal, global success, in this article, we argue that its appeal can be better explained by its intersections with YouTube and game livestreaming, the way the game acts as a vehicle for social capital and the performance of identity, and the rich sociality of play.

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