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Post by Silvia Almasy on Mar 17, 2016 7:55:22 GMT -6
Hello everyone! My name is Csenge. I am a Culture Studies PhD student at Bowling Green State University, OH, USA. I am writing my dissertation on forum-based role-playing games. I have been a forum gamer for a long time, and I want to make this form of gaming better known and better understood – and find out more about it myself. I am especially interested in why people like to role-play on forums, what they enjoy about it, and how forums work as a form of storytelling.
This is not a case study - my work is not going to be about BA specifically. Rather, I am picking a few sites that caught my interest, and I am here to experience the game in person. So yes, I am making a character (or two), and I'll be RPing as well as observing!
Later on, I would also love to interview some volunteers about their experience - I want RP communities to add their own voices to my research, rather than just me speaking for everyone.
I wanted to introduce myself, let you know who I am and why I am here. I am not going to be collecting any private, personal, or identifiable data, and I am not going to use real names or usernames in my notes. I also fully respect the authorship rights of the threads on the forum – I am not going to quote or screenshot anything without permission. Since my dissertation might turn into a book later on, I am taking copyright very seriously.
With that said, I don’t want to make anyone uncomfortable, or put anyone on the spot. If you have concerns about me joining the site, or any questions about my research, please let me know!
This is not a case study - my work is not going to be about BA specifically. Rather, I am picking a few sites that caught my interest, and I am here to experience the game in person. So yes, I am making a character (or two), and I'll be RPing as well as observing!
Later on, I would also love to interview some volunteers about their experience - I want RP communities to add their own voices to my research, rather than just me speaking for everyone.
I wanted to introduce myself, let you know who I am and why I am here. I am not going to be collecting any private, personal, or identifiable data, and I am not going to use real names or usernames in my notes. I also fully respect the authorship rights of the threads on the forum – I am not going to quote or screenshot anything without permission. Since my dissertation might turn into a book later on, I am taking copyright very seriously.
With that said, I don’t want to make anyone uncomfortable, or put anyone on the spot. If you have concerns about me joining the site, or any questions about my research, please let me know!
