Relevance and immersion in digital games: Content and personal factors

Jeffrey C. F. Ho

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Relevance and immersion in digital games: Content and personal factors

Jeffrey C. F. Ho^*

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Department of Media and Communication

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Abstract

Previous studies have investigated the effects of diverse game design features on player immersion. The current study investigated the relationship between game content and immersion. When players are immersed in a game, they perceive that they are “into the game.” If they process and thoroughly elaborate on their game experience, then they may become immersed. On the basis of the elaboration likelihood model, a theory in media psychology, an experiment was conducted to examine whether game content relevant to players influences their level of immersion. The results suggested that game content relevant to players’ daily worries reduced their level of immersion. In addition, the results indicated that players’ personal factors, particularly the number of years of playing video games, enhanced the perceived relevance of the game content, thereby increasing the level of immersion.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHIuXiD '17 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction and User Experience in Indonesia
Editors	Eunice Sari , Adi Basuki Tedjasaputra
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	24-27
ISBN (Print)	9781450352123
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3077343.3077345
Publication status	Published - 18 Apr 2017
Event	3rd International Human-Computer Interaction and User Experience Conference in Indonesia, CHIuXiD 2017 - Pullman Jakarta Central Park & Sindang Barang Cultural Village, Jakarta and Bogor, Indonesia Duration: 17 Apr 2017 → 20 Apr 2017 http://2017.chiuxid.org/

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Conference	3rd International Human-Computer Interaction and User Experience Conference in Indonesia, CHIuXiD 2017
Abbreviated title	CHIuXiD 2017
Place	Indonesia
City	Jakarta and Bogor
Period	17/04/17 → 20/04/17
Internet address	http://2017.chiuxid.org/

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Research Keywords

Digital games
Elaboration likelihood model
Immersion
Player experience
Relevance

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Ho, JCF 2017, Relevance and immersion in digital games: Content and personal factors. in Eunice Sari & Adi Basuki Tedjasaputra (eds), CHIuXiD '17 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction and User Experience in Indonesia. Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 24-27, 3rd International Human-Computer Interaction and User Experience Conference in Indonesia, CHIuXiD 2017, Jakarta and Bogor, Indonesia, 17/04/17. https://doi.org/10.1145/3077343.3077345

Relevance and immersion in digital games: Content and personal factors. / Ho, Jeffrey C. F.
CHIuXiD '17 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction and User Experience in Indonesia. ed. / Eunice Sari ; Adi Basuki Tedjasaputra . Association for Computing Machinery, 2017. p. 24-27.

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