Dmitri Williams
Dmitri Williams
Dmitri Williams is a Professor of Communication at the University of Southern California. Dr. Williams received his PhD at the University of Michigan. In addition to teaching, he also consults within the video game industry and data management services. Throughout his career Dr. Williams has investigated the psycho-social dynamics surrounding online video game interactions, group dynamics in video game play, gender disparities, and discrimination within online gaming communities. He is credited with conducting the first longitudinal study on the connection between video game play and violent behavior, in 2005.
Publications:
Steinkuehler, C. A., & Williams, D. (2006). Where everybody knows your (screen) name: Online games as “third places”. Journal of computer-mediated communication, 11(4), 885-909.
Williams, D., & Skoric, M. (2005). Internet fantasy violence: A test of aggression in an online game. Communication monographs, 72(2), 217-233.
Williams, D., Ducheneaut, N., Xiong, L., Zhang, Y., Yee, N., & Nickell, E. (2006). From tree house to barracks: The social life of guilds in World of Warcraft. Games and culture, 1(4), 338-361.
Williams, D. (2006). On and off the ’net: Scales for social capital in an online era. Journal of computer-mediated communication, 11(2), 593-628.
Williams, D., Martins, N., Consalvo, M., & Ivory, J. D. (2009). The virtual census: Representations of gender, race and age in video games. New media & society, 11(5), 815-834.
Williams, D., Liu, M., Choi, S., Bowman, N., & Jawaid Shaikh, S. (2024). Playing through the pandemic: Gaming usage as a buffer during COVID-19. Games and culture, 0(0). https://doi-org.libproxy.boisestate.edu/10.1177/15554120241236531
Yang, A., & Williams, D. (2024). Quantifying networked influence: How much do disinformation spreaders’ networks drive their public engagement outcomes? Social Media + Society, 10(3). https://doi-org.libproxy.boisestate.edu/10.1177/20563051241265865
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