Digital Game and Social Interaction

Abstract

Digital game studies are becoming increasingly important in communication research. The development of digital communication and media technologies changes the way of interaction as well as the change of social and cultural structure. In this context, the game and the principles of playing games are changing through interaction. Virtual games play an important role in the transformation of interaction. The aim of this study is to examine the digital game, which plays an important role in the interaction of the individual with other subjects, as a social interaction tool. The importance of the study can be related to the increasing interest of digital games in the world and in our country and the expansion of the game market. Increasingly, people from different age groups interact through games in virtual environments through digital games. In this context; The concept of game and the development of the game, digital game, its types and social interaction with digital game will be examined with literature review and an argumentative method. Answering the research question will be based on the arguments obtained from scientific studies. Putting the arguments in connection with each other is expressed as argumentation. The research question is as follows: How does social interaction take place through digital games in virtual communities and what features does it have? The findings obtained at the end of the study show that the interaction between individuals and communities in the physical environment continues in digital games, but also leads to a new form of interaction as a requirement of the virtual environment. The open structure of virtual gaming communities, various forms of opportunities for interaction processes, shapes participation according to physical life with a wide variety of design elements, visual and auditory elements, making it more flexible and attractive and democratizing it according to the physical environment.