{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2027169236","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1496984.1497046","title":"World of Warcraft as a ludic cyborg","display_name":"World of Warcraft as a ludic cyborg","publication_year":2008,"publication_date":"2008-11-03","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2027169236","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1496984.1497046","mag":"2027169236"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/1496984.1497046","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1496984.1497046","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 2008 Conference on Future Play: Research, Play, Share","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5045357328","display_name":"Victoria McArthur","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6650-6886"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I192455969","display_name":"York University","ror":"https://ror.org/05fq50484","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I192455969"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Victoria McArthur","raw_affiliation_strings":["York University, Toronto, Ontario"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"York University, Toronto, Ontario","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I192455969"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5045357328"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I192455969"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.1536,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":3,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.91570095,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"264","last_page":"265"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11197","display_name":"Digital Games and Media","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11197","display_name":"Digital Games and Media","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10355","display_name":"Impact of Technology on Adolescents","score":0.967199981212616,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12720","display_name":"Multimedia Communication and Technology","score":0.9628999829292297,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/popularity","display_name":"Popularity","score":0.8950062990188599},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/socialization","display_name":"Socialization","score":0.6112149357795715},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/server","display_name":"Server","score":0.6031641960144043},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5722486972808838},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multimedia","display_name":"Multimedia","score":0.3897091746330261},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.32176920771598816},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.2995752692222595},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-psychology","display_name":"Social psychology","score":0.17432627081871033}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780586970","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1357284","display_name":"Popularity","level":2,"score":0.8950062990188599},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C25032326","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185467","display_name":"Socialization","level":2,"score":0.6112149357795715},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C93996380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44127","display_name":"Server","level":2,"score":0.6031641960144043},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5722486972808838},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49774154","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131765","display_name":"Multimedia","level":1,"score":0.3897091746330261},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.32176920771598816},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.2995752692222595},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.17432627081871033}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/1496984.1497046","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1496984.1497046","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 2008 Conference on Future Play: Research, Play, Share","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.8500000238418579,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","display_name":"Quality Education"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":6,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W164339936","https://openalex.org/W196051986","https://openalex.org/W1973736458","https://openalex.org/W1983688148","https://openalex.org/W2119243634","https://openalex.org/W2125956645"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4387497383","https://openalex.org/W3183948672","https://openalex.org/W3173606202","https://openalex.org/W3110381201","https://openalex.org/W2948807893","https://openalex.org/W2935909890","https://openalex.org/W2778153218","https://openalex.org/W2758277628","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W1531601525"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"paper":[1],"describes":[2],"World":[3],"of":[4,32,43],"Warcraft":[5],"as":[6],"a":[7],"ludic":[8],"cyborg":[9],"---":[10],"an":[11],"entity":[12],"that":[13,29],"exists":[14],"for":[15],"play":[16],"and":[17,22,47],"depends":[18],"on":[19,53],"both":[20],"artificial":[21],"organic":[23],"components":[24],"to":[25,37],"survive.":[26],"We":[27],"argue":[28],"the":[30,33,38,41],"popularity":[31],"game":[34],"arose":[35],"due":[36],"balance":[39],"between":[40],"types":[42],"socialization":[44],"it":[45],"promotes":[46],"in-game":[48],"literacies":[49],"acquired":[50],"by":[51],"players":[52],"PvP":[54],"servers.":[55]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-07-29T14:22:42.915294","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}