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Jansz, Jeroen. and Martens, Lonneke. "Gaming at a LAN-event: the social context of playing digital interactive games (DIGs)" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Marriott Hotel, San Diego, CA, May 27, 2003 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p111968_index.html>

Jansz, J. and Martens, L. , 2003-05-27 "Gaming at a LAN-event: the social context of playing digital interactive games (DIGs)" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Marriott Hotel, San Diego, CA Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p111968_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: A study was undertaken about the appeal of playing digital interactive games (DIGs) at a LAN event. At a LAN event, gamers link their PCs in a high speed Local Area Network (LAN) in order to play against each other in competitive ‘wars’. Two principal questions guided the study. First we wanted to know who the visitors of a LAN event were, because there is no research we know of about this class of gamers. Second, we wanted to know what people motivated to participate in a LAN event. The survey among 176 LAN gamers showed that they were almost exclusively male, with a mean age of 19.5 years. The gamers devoted about 2.6 hours each day to their hobby, which is far more than found in other studies among gamers. They were particularly motivated by social motives, and to a lesser extent by a need to know more about games (interest motive). The competition motive obtained a low overall score, although it was more prominent among a subgroup of ‘heavy gamers’. The authors interpret their results as a nuance of the stereotype of the solitary, adolescent gamer. LAN gamers participate in game communities and are socially motivated to visit LAN events.

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