Collaborative Storytelling In Dungeons and Dragons And CMC Friendship Maintenance

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dc.contributor.advisorBecker, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorEspinoza, Alanna Shellie
dc.contributor.committeeMemberLeBlanc, Paul
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSobre, Miriam
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-02T14:39:13Z
dc.date.available2024-07-02T14:39:13Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThis study examines collaborative storytelling in Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) and computer mediated communication (CMC) friendship maintenance among long-term friends. The theoretical foundations for this study are the Communicated Narrative Sense-Making (CNSM) Theory (Koenig Kellas, 2018) and the concept of co-telling (Mandelbaum, 1987). For this study, 15 individuals who have played D&D online for more than six months with friends they have met in person participated in in-depth interviews. Thematic analysis was used to identify two emergent themes. The theme of styles of collaborative storytelling, which looks at the different ways that collaborative narratives are shaped in D&D and the focus of the told narratives, provided insight the process of collaborative storytelling in online D&D groups. The theme online collaborative storytelling as “more than,†refers to the finding that the experience of stories collaboratively told in D&D as real, as working together, and as a commitment work together to make online D&D feel like a more meaningful mode of CMC friendship maintenance. This study expands the research on CNSM theory and co-telling to include fictional and improvisational stories as meaningful types of collaborative storytelling that can influence relationship quality and relationship maintenance.
dc.description.departmentCommunication
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.other31294865
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12588/6552
dc.subject.classificationCommunication
dc.titleCollaborative Storytelling In Dungeons and Dragons And CMC Friendship Maintenance
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.dcmiText
thesis.degree.departmentCommunication
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at San Antonio
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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