Meaning making in a World of Warcraft’s online community

Authors

  • Lucas Almeida Francisco Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS), São Cristóvão, Sergipe
  • Vanderlei José Zacchi Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS), São Cristóvão, Sergipe https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3126-524X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/sig.v30i2.50591

Keywords:

Digital games. Affinity groups. Multiliteracies.

Abstract

Digital games are included in the new technologies present in the contemporary world. The player, in this context, is an agent that arises when experiencing a game; thus, he is an agent who is not just sitting down absorbing information from the screen and pressing buttons automatically. Through a history of participation in game cultures, he may be able to take a stand before the challenges presented by new game experiences, constructing meanings in contextualized ways. We interviewed four players of World of Warcraft, an online digital game, in order to analyze how they make meanings in the process of becoming players.

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Author Biographies

Lucas Almeida Francisco, Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS), São Cristóvão, Sergipe

http://lattes.cnpq.br/5513255877468796

Vanderlei José Zacchi, Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS), São Cristóvão, Sergipe

http://lattes.cnpq.br/5513255877468796

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Published

2018-04-24

How to Cite

ALMEIDA FRANCISCO, L. .; JOSÉ ZACCHI, V. . Meaning making in a World of Warcraft’s online community. Signótica, Goiânia, v. 30, n. 2, p. 247–272, 2018. DOI: 10.5216/sig.v30i2.50591. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/sig/article/view/50591. Acesso em: 2 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 2 (2018)

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