Emilio Ferrara

schoolUniversity of Southern Californiabar_chart#2647 Global Rank

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Change is Hard: Consistent Player Behavior Across Games with Conflicting Incentives

This paper examines how player flexibility – a player's willingness to engage in a breadth of options or specialize – manifests across two gaming environments: League of Legends (League) and Teamfight Tactics (TFT). We analyze the gameplay decisions of 4,830 players who have played at least 50 competitive games in bot…

CSCW '255th+ AuthorOnline Interactions with Friends and Strangers

Communication Patterns Predict Team Skill in Multiplayer Online Games

The present research on team collaboration is typically performed through qualitative interview based studies or social network measurements of connectedness through co-play. In this study, we take the unique approach to build networks from direct messages between players in the massive online game World of Tanks wit…

CSCW '22CorrespondingGames and Music; Games and Music

The Gift that Keeps on Giving: Generosity is Contagious in Multiplayer Online Games

Understanding social interactions and generous behaviors have long been of considerable interest in the social science community. While the contagion of generosity is documented in the real world, less is known about such phenomenon in virtual worlds and whether it has an actionable impact on user behavior and retenti…

CSCW '21CorrespondingComputer-Supported Teamwork and Collaboration

The Wide, the Deep, and the Maverick: Types of Players in Team-based Online Games

Although player performance in online games has been widely studied, few studies have considered the behavioral preferences of players and how that impacts performance. In a competitive setting where players must cooperate with temporary teammates, it is even more crucial to understand how differences in playing style…

CSCW '19CorrespondingCollaboration and work practice

Collaboration drives individual productivity

How does the number of collaborators affect individual productivity? Results of prior research have been conflicting, with some studies reporting an increase in individual productivity as the number of collaborators grows, while other studies showing that the free-rider effect skews the effort invested by individuals,…

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