We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Computer Game Fan Communities, Community Management, and Structures of Membership.
- Authors
Zimmerman, Joshua J.
- Abstract
Community management is an important but relatively understudied facet of computer game development. This article begins filling this gap by examining how community managers in the computer game industry manage communities of players through the establishment of structures of membership: positions and practices designed to encourage membership hierarchies. Beginning with the construction of an analytical framework through which to understand different subcommunity activities, this article then examines structures of membership at every stage of Kim's membership life cycle and, ultimately, how those structures help to attract, educate, and retain dedicated community members.
- Subjects
VIDEO game development; COMPUTER games industry; MEMBERSHIP; EXECUTIVES; COMMUNITIES
- Publication
Games & Culture, 2019, Vol 14, Issue 7/8, p896
- ISSN
1555-4120
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1555412017742308