Cole, Tom ORCID: 0000-0001-6031-8377 and Salisbury, John Hamon (2016) Grounded Theory in games research: making the case and exploring the options. In: DIGRA/FDG '16 - Proceedings of the First International Joint conference of DIGRA and FDG. Digital Games Research Association, Finland. ISBN 2342-9666

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Abstract

Grounded Theory Methodology (GTM) is a powerful way to develop theories in domains where there are obvious opportunities to contribute in the form of carefully developed descriptive or explanatory conceptual theories. Reasonably nascent areas of academia, such as Game Studies, stand to particularly benefit from the development of new theoretical accounts. Yet, despite its proven utility in a wide range of fields and its history of rigorous methodological debate, many researchers are wary of using GTM. Conversely, many claim use of GTM but do not present an understanding of GTM's rich tradition and how this may impact their results and conclusions. This paper seeks to provide an overview of GTM, its main variants, and how they can be effectively used in research. We examine how GTM has been used in the field of games research and argue that GTM rightly be regarded a highly relevant method here.

Item Type:	Conference Proceedings
Title of Proceedings:	DIGRA/FDG '16 - Proceedings of the First International Joint conference of DIGRA and FDG.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	abduction; constructivism; empirical methods; Grounded Theory; induction; methodology; qualitative
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences (CMS)
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Last Modified:	16 Jun 2022 15:30
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/36687

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