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Jeffrey G. Snodgrass

@godfreysnorgyrs.bsky.social

Psychological anthropology; possible selves, affect regulation; ritual, roleplaying games; pragmatic qualquant methods, causality The Avatar Faculty: Ecstatic Transformations in Religion & Video Games https://www.ucpress.edu/books/the-avatar-faculty/paper

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Poster Presentation Workshop The following are examples of poster presentations by SAS members: Groves, Katy, and Kathryn S. Oths. 2008. "Planting the Seeds of Change: ...

We have gathered some resources for creating and presenting posters at conferences. These resources include examples of past posters presented at AAA or SfAA, as well as websites with additional information on guidelines and advice.

www.societyforanthropologicalsciences.org/p/poster-pre....

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Cyberpsychology

Player-avatar bonds and gaming benefits and risks: Assessing self-discrepancy theory against a broader range of character and play experiences co-authored by @godfreysnorgyrs.bsky.social @joelbillieux.bsky.social et al.
cyberpsychology.eu/article/view...

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latest lab pub, open access
cyberpsychology.eu/article/view...

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latest lab pub, open access
cyberpsychology.eu/article/view...

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πŸ”Ÿ Player-avatar bonds and gaming benefits and risks: Assessing self-discrepancy theory against a broader range of character and play experiences

Snodgrass, Sagstetter, Branstrator, Giardina, Lacy, Bollinger-Deters, Callendar, Zhao, Dengah II, & Billieux

doi.org/10.5817/CP20...

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🌞 New issue is here! 🌞

Vol. 19, No. 3 features 2 new validated measures, 3 longitudinal studies on social media use, and much more - see πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡

πŸ“š Cool off with a smart summer read: cyberpsychology.eu/issue/view/2...
All #OpenAccess πŸ”“

Heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped bring this issue to life! πŸ™Œ

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πŸ“šπŸ“šπŸ“š New Book Review! πŸ“šπŸ“šπŸ“š

Lars de Wildt @larsdewildt.bsky.social reviews //The Avatar Faculty: Ecstatic transformations in religion and video games// by Jeffrey G. Snodgrass @godfreysnorgyrs.bsky.social 2023 @ucpress.bsky.social #AnthroSky

Find it here in AE 52.2 ‡️
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American Ethnologist | AAA Ethnology Journal | Wiley Online Library Click on the article title to read more.

New review of my book, The Avatar Faculty (Univ. of Calif Press, 2023)
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Trait Absorption Relates to Experiences of Spirit Communication Download Citation | Trait Absorption Relates to Experiences of Spirit Communication | Absorption can be defined as the propensity to be focused on or become absorbed in internal or external events, ma...

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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Ill Health and Grief Fuel Gaming, while Lethargy Slows It: Playtime–Wellbeing Confounds from the Player Perspective Time spent playing video games (playtime) is not strongly correlated with wellbeing. However, quantitative studies often overlook β€œthird variables” that thereforethe relationship between gaming and we...

sciety.org/articles/act...

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Meetings – SPA

We're also presenting our current research at the Society for Psychological Anthropology (SPA) meetings April 3-6, 2025 in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM

"Role-Playing Games, Self-Concept, and Well-Being: Rejuvenating a Psychological Anthropology of Play"

Schedule here: spa.americananthro.org/meetings/

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Meetings – SPA

We're also presenting our current research at the Society for Psychological Anthropology (SPA) meetings April 3-6, 2025 in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM

"Role-Playing Games, Self-Concept, and Well-Being: Rejuvenating a Psychological Anthropology of Play"

Schedule here: spa.americananthro.org/meetings/

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Annual Meeting - Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA)

My team is presenting at the upcoming SfAA meetings in Portland, March 25-29 @appliedanthro.bsky.social

"Role-Playing Games, Self-Concept, and Well-Being: Developing Culturally and Contextually Sensitive Games for Good"

More info and program details here: appliedanthro.org/annual-meeti...

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Announcing the launch of the NSF Cultural Anthropology Methods Program's International Curriculum & Community of Practice (methods4all.org/camp-interna...) 🧡

This represents 5 years of work led by our global team, building on our proud 50 year history of NSF-funded methods programs in anthropology

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Added a few more to this one, for those new to Bluesky! bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Sample Sizes for 10 Types of Qualitative Data Analysis: An Integrative Review, Empirical Guidance, and Next Steps - Amber Wutich, Melissa Beresford, H. Russell Bernard, 2024 There has been a recent explosion of articles on minimum sample sizes needed for analyzing qualitative data. The purpose of this integrated review is to examine...

Sample Sizes for 10 Types of Qualitative Data Analysis: An Integrative Review, Empirical Guidance, and Next Steps
doi.org/10.1177/1609...

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

β€˜If it's held dear, it’ll get pushed through’: Transmedia narratives, play cultures, and soft canon in tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs)
doi.org/10.1177/1367...

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Gaming the Stage Rich connections between gaming and theater stretch back to the 16th and 17th centuries, when England's first commercial theaters appeared right next door to gaming houses and blood-sport arenas. In t...

(open access)
Gaming the Stage
Playable Media and the Rise of English Commercial Theater
press.umich.edu/Books/G/Gami...

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Larp Design : Creating Role-Play Experiences - Trepo

(open access on live-action role-playing or "LARP")

Larp Design : Creating Role-Play Experiences

trepo.tuni.fi/handle/10024...

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Theatre as Therapy for Impression Management Distress in the Contemporary United States: A Dramaturgical Model and Toolkit for Everyday Coping This study uses a combination of qualitative and ethnographic methods to interrogate the phenomenon of β€œidentity distress,” redefined here as a coping process initiated by a threat signal during socia...


(open access dissertation)

Theatre as Therapy for Impression Management Distress in the Contemporary United States: A Dramaturgical Model and Toolkit for Everyday Coping

knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/4014?...

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Theatre as Therapy for Impression Management Distress in the Contemporary United States: A Dramaturgical Model and Toolkit for Everyday Coping This study uses a combination of qualitative and ethnographic methods to interrogate the phenomenon of β€œidentity distress,” redefined here as a coping process initiated by a threat signal during socia...


(open access dissertation)

Theatre as Therapy for Impression Management Distress in the Contemporary United States: A Dramaturgical Model and Toolkit for Everyday Coping

knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/4014?...

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Larp Design : Creating Role-Play Experiences - Trepo

(open access on live-action role-playing or "LARP")

Larp Design : Creating Role-Play Experiences

trepo.tuni.fi/handle/10024...

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Gaming the Stage Rich connections between gaming and theater stretch back to the 16th and 17th centuries, when England's first commercial theaters appeared right next door to gaming houses and blood-sport arenas. In t...

(open access)
Gaming the Stage
Playable Media and the Rise of English Commercial Theater
press.umich.edu/Books/G/Gami...

05.01.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

β€˜If it's held dear, it’ll get pushed through’: Transmedia narratives, play cultures, and soft canon in tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs)
doi.org/10.1177/1367...

31.12.2024 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sample Sizes for 10 Types of Qualitative Data Analysis: An Integrative Review, Empirical Guidance, and Next Steps - Amber Wutich, Melissa Beresford, H. Russell Bernard, 2024 There has been a recent explosion of articles on minimum sample sizes needed for analyzing qualitative data. The purpose of this integrated review is to examine...

Sample Sizes for 10 Types of Qualitative Data Analysis: An Integrative Review, Empirical Guidance, and Next Steps
doi.org/10.1177/1609...

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Identifying Playfulness: An Empirical Study on How Adults Recognize and Define Playfulness Across Culture
doi.org/10.1177/1555...

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Play in Cognitive Development: From Rational Constructivism to Predictive Processing Children's play is often viewed as a form of experimentation that helps them refine their understanding of the world. While rational constructivism emphasizes this learning process, it has so far dev....

Play in Cognitive Development: From Rational Constructivism to Predictive Processing

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Casual Inference: It Depends with Sander Greenland | Season 3 Episode 12 In this episode Lucy D'Agostino McGowan and Ellie Murray chat with Sander Greenland, Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology and Statistics at UCLA. Follow along on Twitter: The American Journal of Epidem...

Wide-ranging "casual" podcast on causal inference, good snapshots of this broad interdisciplinary field

e.g., this conversation (s3, ep12) with epidemiologist Sander Greenland

my take & project: ethnographers not yet involved, though they can and should be

casualinfer.libsyn.com/it-depends-w...

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My team's (open access) article was one of the AAA's Top Journal Articles of 2024, follow the links to download for free

"Deep hanging out, mixed methods toolkit, or something else? Current ethnographic practices in US anthropology"

www.anthropology-news.org/articles/top...

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My team's (open access) article was one of the AAA's Top Journal Articles of 2024, follow the links to download for free

"Deep hanging out, mixed methods toolkit, or something else? Current ethnographic practices in US anthropology"

www.anthropology-news.org/articles/top...

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