L'étude des jeux vidéo en ligne: une analyse des processus communicationnels dans une perspective d'innovation sociale et technologique
Research on online video games: an analysis of communication processes from the perspective of social and technological innovation

Summary/Abstract: Our study relates specifically massively multiplayer online games (known by the acronym MMOG). Our hypothesis is that this type of game is a medium of socialization, a mediation mechanism for sharing information on a large scale, because its universe of encounters and its network of exchange. More specifically, the present article raises a particular aspect of MMOGs, the appropriation by the players of the communication media and the development of add-ons.

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