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Playing the Story: Transportation as a Moderator of Involvement in Narratively-Based Video Games

Brookes, Sarah
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1274818623

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2010, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Communication.
Though video games are typically discussed in terms of presence, or the experience of a virtual environment as real, this concept alone cannot account for the narrative component present in many of today’s modern video games. Transportation, a concept that specifically addresses immersion into a story, could apply well to video game narratives. This study examines transportation as a moderator of the relationships between narrative and four outcome variables – presence, enjoyment, identification, and parasocial interaction – in a narratively-based video game. Though transportation was not demonstrated to be a significant moderator, post hoc analyses revealed that transportation did significantly mediate the relationships between narrative and the outcome variables of interest.
Emily Moyer-Guse, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Chad Mahood, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
63 p.
Behaviorial Sciences; Communication; Mass Media; Psychology
transportation; video games; narrative

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  • Brookes, S. (2010). Playing the Story: Transportation as a Moderator of Involvement in Narratively-Based Video Games [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1274818623

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Brookes, Sarah. Playing the Story: Transportation as a Moderator of Involvement in Narratively-Based Video Games. 2010. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1274818623.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Brookes, Sarah. "Playing the Story: Transportation as a Moderator of Involvement in Narratively-Based Video Games." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1274818623

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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