Essachess (Jan 2010)
Research on online video games: an analysis of communication processes from the perspective of social and technological innovation
Abstract
Our study relates specifically massively multiplayer online games (known by the acronym MMOG). Our hypothesis is that this type of game is a medium of socialization, a mediation mechanism for sharing information on a large scale, because its universe of encounters and its network of exchange. More specifically, the present article raises a particular aspect of MMOGs, the appropriation by the players of the communication media and the development of addons.
