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MMORPG/Warcraft Follow-Up Research

Discussion in 'World of Warcraft' started by rhartshorne, Sep 17, 2009.

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    Hello all,

    I am an Assistant Professor of Instructional Systems Technology at UNC-Charlotte. Along with my colleagues at Wake Forest and Purdue University, we are conducting a follow-up to a study of MMORPGs (specifically WoW) and citizenship participation that we conducted last year. Based on respondent feedback, we have modified our original survey and hope to get a larger and more representative sample of World of Warcraft players.
    In an effort to explore parallels between civic leadership and participation in MMORPGs and ‘real-life’, we are surveying guild leaders, guild officers, and guild members of World of Warcraft. This study consists of participants completing a brief (6-12 minute) online, anonymous survey.

    For those WoW players who wish to participate in the study simply complete the survey located here. All respondents will be again be entered into a raffle to win one of a number (3) of gift certificates to Amazon.com or EB Games, or a six month subscription to your favorite MMORPG (Winner's choice!). To complete the survey, you will first be directed to an Informed Consent form, at the bottom of which is a hyperlink to the survey itself.

    For more information about our research, you can visit an interview conducted with the World of Warcraft Vault here. Thanks for your participation.

    Cheers,

    Richard
    rhartshorne, Sep 17, 2009
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    Intriguing ... a survey to find out if guild leaders are liberals or conservatives.

    *Shrug*
    BountyHunter, Sep 22, 2009
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    We run a number of statistical analyses with the survey data...political tendencies is one of the variables we examine (albeit a rather minor one).

    If anyone else is interested in taking the survey (located here), it will be open until October 10th. The drawing will take place soon after that.

    Cheers,

    Richard
    rhartshorne, Oct 1, 2009
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    You really should post this on the official forums. I used to see posts from others doing research in the Off Topic and Welcome to WoW forums. Posting there requires an active WoW account, but I'm sure you can find a WoW player that will. I would post it for you, but I don't play this game anymore. I'm just saying because this website focuses more on single player RPGs. Not a lot of people here even check this forum.
    darkrauser, Oct 7, 2009
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