TY  - JOUR
AB  - Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) have become complex social worlds. As such, playing these games requires more than accomplishing simple objectives: it is also a process of socialization into a community of gamers. Through our observation of players’ activities we describe how MMORPGs provide opportunities for learning social skills such as: how to meet people; how to manage a small group; how to coordinate and cooperate with people; and how to participate in sociable interaction with them. We show how this social learning is tied to three important types of social interaction that are characteristic of MMORPGs: players’ self‐organization, instrumental coordination, and downtime sociability. We conclude by discussing the societal impacts of our findings and how the features of MMORPGs could be repurposed in environments specifically designed for social learning.
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
SN  - 1741-5659
DO  - 10.1108/17415650580000035
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/17415650580000035
AU  - Ducheneaut Nicolas
AU  - Moore Robert J.
PY  - 2005
Y1  - 2005/01/01
TI  - More than just ‘XP’: learning social skills in massively multiplayer online games
T2  - Interactive Technology and Smart Education
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 89
EP  - 100
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -