What is it about?
Game design that divides players into static teams influences players' relationships and can be seen at the level of their language use. Furthermore, players had negative feelings towards slang-terms that were associated with members of opposing teams.
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Why is it important?
Social and group polarisation is a huge issue in the globalised world. Understanding the drivers and consequences of it, as well as figuring out how to diminish it, are therefore crucial.
Perspectives
This publication provides novel insights into the phenomenon through a linguistic analysis. We find that the language players use correlates with the team they belong to, and that players have negative feelings towards slang words associated with specific players and player groups with whom they are at odds with.
Samuli Laato
Turun Yliopisto
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This page is a summary of: Group polarisation among location-based game players: an analysis of use and attitudes towards game slang, Internet Research, March 2021, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/intr-03-2020-0158.
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