Social Dynamics of Online Games

October 29th, 2007 by tim finin

IT Conversations has a podcast with host John Udell talking to Dmitri Williams and Jake Vickers about the Social Dynamics of Online Games. Dmitri Williams is an assistant professor at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication who studies the social dynamics of online games. He is also a member of a World of Warcraft guild in which George Vickers, a 17-year-old college student, plays a key leadership role. The conversation explores the ways in which leadership and organizational skills can be developed in an online multiplayer game.

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One Response to “Social Dynamics of Online Games”

1. Anonymous wrote on 03/17/08 at 2:17 pm :

   I’m somewhat sceptical that a games console will get there anytime soon, consoles have too muc of that arcade heritage in their attitude. However MMOG’s such as Second Life seem to be heading in the right(/) direction.

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