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http://dx.doi.org/10.7583/JKGS.2011.11.5.053

An Analysis on Discourses of SIMS2 Players in Korea  

Kim, Jong-Deok (Hongik University)
Song, Su-Hyun (Hongik University)
Abstract
If we analyze games and game communities which are mostly consumed by the young, we can get the meaningful analysis result of youth culture. The content analysis and the discourse analysis methods were used in this study since the relationship between media and culture was exquisitely reciprocal. The object of analysis is the domestic community of the simulation game, Sims 2, which reflects the identities of the game players. I was searching for the social and cultural meaning of the game activities, and could find the content's characteristics of 'Sims 2' players' discourses. The results showed that the game media has social and cultural significance by providing the players a self-realization, identity workshop, virtual identity that diverges from their own ones with an alternative sex, constructing a cultural property with the involved game players, and increasing their virtual consumption and self-examination of antisocial behaviors in the game.
Keywords
Sims 2; gaming community; computer games; discourse analysis; content analysis;
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