Ross Fifield

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📅 Sept 10–11•University of York

Meet some of our brilliant iGGi researchers ahead of #iGGiCon:
✨ Luiza Gossian - lugossian.com
✨ Ross Fifield - @rossfifield.bsky.social
✨ Prakriti Nayak - linkedin.com/in/prakritinayak

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Perhaps I'm extrapolating beyond the scope of the research a bit here, but I'm led to wonder where this lack of digital skills impacts wider daily life. For e.g. how many people can book an online appointment with their dentist/GP. How many people can effectively search online for new activities?

I'm quite excited to talk at York St. John's conference on games today, where I will outline the case to support the widespread collection and preservation of games. #investigate.games

You can see Ross' interview for the iGGi Spotlights here:
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#DevelopBrighton #GameDeve #Research

I'm really pleased to be joining colleagues from @iggi-phd.bsky.social at Develop:Brighton this year and will be at our stand (B12) in the expo hall Wednesday afternoon. Come and say hi! I'd love to share some of the work we do and connect mutual interests together.

Ross Fifield - Come chat to me about How to find the right game for the right players, Game Design, and Discoverability and Matchmaking

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Meet us at the iGGi stand (B12) on the expo floor
and chat to our researchers!!

Today, we'd like to highlight >> Ross Fifield..
..whose research focuses among other things on
Discoverability & Matchmaking 🤜💥🤛
@rossfifield.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/in/rossfifie...

The third I.G PGR Conference is in little under 2 months and the submission portal is still open to accept submissions, with an amended deadline of Friday 6th June! 🧡

🔗 Submit here: forms.office.com/e/MaZq8Dpp10

There's always another way. I'd suggest that Academic representation in students unions are a good ally in raising systemic failures of assessment. There's also an academic appeals system in most universities.

And sharing data with an online service, such as ChatGPT will almost certainly be a severe breach of ethics.

Screenshot of a paper which has been downloaded 3565 times since December 2024. The paper is titled "Demystifying Research Paradigms: Navigating Ontology, Epistemology, and Axiology in Research" and is writtend by Lynette Pretorius from Monash University. The abstract reads: "A sound understanding of research paradigms is crucial for developing coherent and philosophically grounded research designs, particularly in the humanities and social sciences. This paper offers an accessible overview of the most common research paradigms: positivism, post-positivism, constructivism, social constructionism, interpretivism, pragmatism, and critical realism. These paradigms differ in their approaches to ontology (the nature of reality), epistemology (the nature of knowledge), and axiology (the role of values in research). The paper also discusses the methodological and ethical implications of these paradigms. Reflexivity and ethical responsibility are emphasised, where researchers must account for how their own biases and values influence their work. By exploring these paradigms and their philosophical foundations, this paper aims to help researchers identify the paradigm that best aligns with their views about the world, ultimately enabling them to coherently design studies that are methodologically sound, ethically informed, and practically relevant. This article contributes to academic discourse by offering a clear and practical guide to research paradigms, fostering a deeper understanding of the philosophical underpinnings that shape research practices across disciplines."

Awesome moment when I checked my published paper today and noticed it had been downloaded over 3.5k times in three months!! 🤩 #AcademicLife #AcademicSuccess #AcademicSky #ScienceSky #Research

Paper is here if you are interested: doi.org/10.46743/216...

Thank you, I'd been looking for an examination of axiology in research for some time.

Which in turn, perpetuates a replication crisis...

Academics are the original influencers.

Cybersecurity in AI-Integrated Mental Health Services: Exploring Attitudes, Acceptance and Trust Towards AI-Based Mental Health Support Tools (RDF25/HLS/PSY/BRANLEYBELL) at Northumbria University on F... PhD Project - Cybersecurity in AI-Integrated Mental Health Services: Exploring Attitudes, Acceptance and Trust Towards AI-Based Mental Health Support Tools (RDF25/HLS/PSY/BRANLEYBELL) at Northumbria U...

Applications for this funded PhD with me at @northumbriauni.bsky.social close tomorrow. If you have an idea around Cybersecurity, AI & Mental Health which includes a strong human factors element (attitudes, trust etc), there's still time to apply. Details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

tagging @clmorgan.bsky.social @jennycromwell.bsky.social

YouTube video by iGGi PhD Preserving Digital Play: Strategies and Challenges in Game Preservation

I'm very pleased to share some media of a panel hosted by myself and the wonderful @florencesn.bsky.social at #iGGiCon2024 back in September last year. This panel is a great starting point to follow the contemporary discussion on preservation of games. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kme.... Please reshare

Ryan Smith has an excellent discord community with a ton of resources. If you're interested I can DM you an invite link.

New updates to the game studies and research starter pack!:

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Afternoon all. I've added a bunch of new people to this starter pack. Please check out their work!

Trawling through my old #gamedesign notes and I found this ... still amazes me that there's not more writing from this perspective. I really need to come back to this an expand on it at some point.

I am Caitlin, a PhD researcher in the Social Sciences at York St John University, conducting research into the ways that online social video games are experienced and understood by those that play them. Participant criteria: • Do you play online open world video games, online sandbox games or MMORPGs? • Are you aged 18 or over? • Are you interested in sharing and discussing your video game experiences? If so, sign up with the link in the post or email me directly at c.veal@yorksj.ac.uk.

Hello to my new followers on here! I am looking for a few more participants to take part in my PhD study. In this instance I am particularly interested in speaking to participants who identify as female.

See the poster below & sign up here:
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Any reposts appreciated 👾💜

I noticed a lack of #cyberpsychology feeds over here. So I made one!

Please pin or like the feed if you find it useful and/or want to keep up to date with everyone in Cyberpsychology on Bluesky!

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There are still a few places, but I have reached my minimum particpiant threshold. Thank you to everyone who volunteered and helped with visibility/promotion.

A quick glimpse behind the scenes while we're scanning our collections...

Q: How fast does our high-speed feed scanner go?

A: Yes.

I'm recruiting research participants!
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Copyright news (6 Nov) Academy archives and Dutch universities cut staff; TAROCH Coalition launches

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Hi All! Thank you so much for following me! I'm planning to recommence my PS1 collecting/archiving project here on Bluesky, but I need to get some boring real life stuff out of the way first. In the meantime I have slightly expanded my collection during the hiatus #PS1 #PSX #RetroGaming #PlayStation

Copyright news (23 Oct) Preserving the Cathode Ray Tube experience

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