Em outra realidade: um estudo sobre as diferenças nas práticas em jogos online de jovens brasileiros com e sem prevalência em dependência em jogos eletrônicos

Abstract

Through online games, people of all ages get to know new fantastic worlds, with different rules beyond reality, where new practices of interaction, conquest, exploration, and mainly socialization emerge, presenting elements that are believable enough to replace elements of real life. , which may generate some degree of dependence on the player. In this context, the objective of this work is to understand the differences in online gaming practices performed by young Brazilians with and without prevalence of addiction to electronic games. The results were achieved through thematic content analysis from the perspective of Theories of Practices applied to six in-depth interviews with young people with and without prevalence of addiction to electronic games. Thematic analysis of the content of the interviews revealed much of the understanding and meaning of the practice, placing social interaction at the center of the nexus as the driving force that makes it consolidate and resist the intrinsic demands of the stage of life experienced by young adults. Social interaction is present in all moments of practice, where playing online is understood as a way of living shared experiences with levels and degrees of sensations comparable to real life.