Collective creativity: The emergence of world of warcraft machinima

Tyler Pace, Jeffrey Bardzell, Shaowen Bardzell

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    Abstract

    HCIs interest in creativity support has extended beyond the realm of information-oriented professionals to the efforts of experience-driven collective communities. World of Warcraft machinima provides an opportunity to study networked creativity among a widely distributed and highly productive amateur community. We present an analysis of metadata gathered from the most viewed machinima on YouTube and WarcraftMovies. We demonstrate (1) a means for selecting an accessible corpus from a large population of videos, and (2) provide early evidence to support the claim that collective creativity develops over time and reaches a point of stabilization of production practices, technological infrastructure, aesthetic forms, and critical appreciation.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages378-384
    Number of pages7
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2011
    Event25th BCS onference on Human Computer Interaction, HCI 2011 - Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
    Duration: Jul 4 2011 → Jul 8 2011

    Conference

    Conference25th BCS onference on Human Computer Interaction, HCI 2011
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    CityNewcastle Upon Tyne
    Period7/4/11 → 7/8/11

    All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

    • Human-Computer Interaction

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