Is #NotMyBattlefield Rooted in gamer identity? An examination of demographic factors, genre preference, and technology use of gamers

William Thomas Howe; Dalaki Jym Livingston; Sun Kyong Lee

Is #NotMyBattlefield Rooted in gamer identity? An examination of demographic factors, genre preference, and technology use of gamers

William Thomas Howe, Dalaki Jym Livingston, Sun Kyong Lee

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Abstract

This study examined characteristics of players that self-identified as gamers. Participants (N = 476) were asked to complete an online survey and provide information about their video game play. Analyses of the survey responses found support for gamers being younger, men, and playing more. We also found that some of the genres of play and technology used diverged from previous research. The two most surprising findings were that gamers preferred to play on consoles more than on computers, and massive-multiplayer online games were not the most played genre. This paper contributed to research in three ways: previous assumptions surrounding gamer identity and demographics were tested, the genre of games and method of play were examined to refine the definition of a gamer, and the implications of gamer identity were discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2019
Editors	Tung X. Bui
Pages	2496-2505
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9780998133126
State	Published - 2019
Event	52nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2019 - Maui, United States Duration: Jan 8 2019 → Jan 11 2019

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Volume	2019-January
ISSN (Print)	1530-1605

Conference

Conference	52nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Maui
Period	1/8/19 → 1/11/19

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© 2019 IEEE Computer Society. All rights reserved.

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Howe, W. T., Livingston, D. J., & Lee, S. K. (2019). Is #NotMyBattlefield Rooted in gamer identity? An examination of demographic factors, genre preference, and technology use of gamers. In T. X. Bui (Ed.), Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2019 (pp. 2496-2505). (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences; Vol. 2019-January).

Howe, William Thomas ; Livingston, Dalaki Jym ; Lee, Sun Kyong. / Is #NotMyBattlefield Rooted in gamer identity? An examination of demographic factors, genre preference, and technology use of gamers. Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2019. editor / Tung X. Bui. 2019. pp. 2496-2505 (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences).

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Is #NotMyBattlefield Rooted in gamer identity? An examination of demographic factors, genre preference, and technology use of gamers. / Howe, William Thomas; Livingston, Dalaki Jym; Lee, Sun Kyong.
Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2019. ed. / Tung X. Bui. 2019. p. 2496-2505 (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences; Vol. 2019-January).

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Is #NotMyBattlefield Rooted in gamer identity? An examination of demographic factors, genre preference, and technology use of gamers

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