Faculty Mentor
Dr. Kim Flottemesch
Abstract
Communication between pre-adolescent boys can be viewed as strange and unlike teen girls and “grown ups”. According to Debra Tannen (1990), “All genders strive to be understood, however young men try to communicate to remain independent.” This often leads to competition amongst the male gender. In order to test this theory, this study looks to observe if there are any differences between hands on activity communication and technology gameplay communication. The study observed 3 pre-adolescent boys trying to work together to make a house in Legos and then the boys were instructed to make a house on Minecraft. The levels of communication vary but there are constant and interesting ways pre-adolescent boys communicate to each other. The data from the study suggests that Minecraft allowed for more quality communication than Lego’s.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.54416/LJJF5743
Recommended Citation
Cullen, Michael; Klein, Joel; and Crockett, Keith
(2015)
"Communication Quality Differences Between Legos and Minecraft,"
Concordia Journal of Communication Research: Vol. 2, Article 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54416/LJJF5743
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.csp.edu/comjournal/vol2/iss1/3
Included in
Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Interpersonal and Small Group Communication Commons