The impacts of social interactions in MMORPGs on older adults’ social capital

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Highlights：

• Playing MMORPGs provides older adults many opportunities to increase their social interactions.

• Older adults have developed higher level of bridging social capital in WoW, but lower lever of bonding social capital.

• Enjoyment of relationships has deep impacts on older adults’ social capital in MMORPGs.

• The social impact of MMORPGs on older adults is much dependent on the context of gameplay and enjoyment of relationships.

摘要

•Playing MMORPGs provides older adults many opportunities to increase their social interactions.•Older adults have developed higher level of bridging social capital in WoW, but lower lever of bonding social capital.•Enjoyment of relationships has deep impacts on older adults’ social capital in MMORPGs.•The social impact of MMORPGs on older adults is much dependent on the context of gameplay and enjoyment of relationships.

论文关键词：Social capital,Social interactions,MMORPGs,Older adults

论文评审过程：Available online 2 June 2015, Version of Record 2 June 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.05.034