The Virtual Worlds Exploratorium

Using Large-Scale Data and Computational Techniques for Communication Research

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12971199
AutoresDmitri Williams (0000-0001-7995-4429, Southern California University for Professional Studies, autor correspondente), N Contractor (0000-0002-9989-3018, Northwestern University), Marshall Scott Poole (0000-0002-2073-5595, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Jaideep Srivastava (0000-0001-9385-7545, University of Minnesota System), Dora Cai (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Ano2011
Volume5
Fascículo2
Páginas163-180
Data de publicação2011-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCommunication Methods and Measures (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1931-2458 • E-ISSN: 1931-2466
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19312458.2011.568373
OpenAlexW2018432838
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas25

The Virtual Worlds Exploratorium is a multidisciplinary project dedicated to the study of communication-related behaviors using data from massively multiplayer online games (MMOs). In a partnership with a corporation that hosts an MMO, a 20-person team of scholars is engaged in the study of behavior within a game and also game activities that parallel those in “real life” (e.g., economic activity, social networking, group processes). A key aspect of our approach is a unique multidisciplinary collaboration of social and computational scientists to help advance the state of the research. This article discusses the methodological, measurement and organizational challenges of the project, the game, the data, and several representative research streams. It also articulates several measurement issues that the research team has faced in order to provide best practices and lessons learned for others considering similar investigations

Corporation · Data science · General partnership · Human–computer interaction · Key (lock · Knowledge management · Metaverse · Multidisciplinary approach · Scale (ratio · Sociology · Virtual reality · Complex Network Analysis Techniques · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence