Share Paper: Gamer Discretion Advised: How MMOG Players Determine the Quality and Usefulness of Online Resources

  1. Pg Schrader, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States
  2. Kimberly Lawless, University of Illinois, Chicago, United States
Tuesday, March 4 2:50 PM-3:10 PM Royale Skybox 210

Abstract: As members of a knowledge society, users must identify, evaluate, and utilize information from a variety of texts, across a sundry of resources. Although these skills are vital for productive citizenship in a post-typographic world, there are few investigations that examine multiple text comprehension in highly complex environments or describe how these specific skills might be of interest to educators. As a result, this research describes the criteria gamers report using in order to determine the quality of a resource within the context of the World of Warcraft. The literacy skills used by gamers in this environment provide us with ...