Flow and Playing Computer Mediated Games– Conceptualization and Methods for Data Collection

摘要

The purpose of this paper is to describe and argue in favor of a framework for a theoretically grounded research design, usinga model of flow that differs from the ones used in existing research. This paper also argues in favor of a combination of datacollection methods that should yield a broader set of data and has the potential to generate a deeper understanding of the usersexperience and of the flow concept itself. The rationale for doing further flow research is that existing research has had afocus on utilitarian tasks, while little or no research has been conducted on intrinsically motivated tasks e.g. playing computermediated games.