Supporting data for "When Fantasy and Reality Collide: Anime-Style Mobile Games and Online Player Activisms in China"

This study investigates why and how players in China’s anime-style mobile gaming communities transform in-game grievances into cross-platform sociopolitical protests that command corporate concessions and national attention. Employing a multi-method qualitative approach combining online ethnography, in-depth interviews, and game analysis, the research centers on players’ subjective interpretations of their gaming practices, communal interactions, and activist engagements. The findings reveal a recursive mediation process through which grievances escalate into cross-platform contention, driven by three interconnected dynamics.

本研究旨在探究中国二次元移动游戏社区的玩家为何以及如何将游戏内的不满情绪，转化为能够获得企业让步并引发全国关注的跨平台社会政治抗议行动。本研究采用结合网络民族志、深度访谈与游戏分析的多方法质性研究路径，聚焦于玩家对自身游戏实践、社群互动及维权参与行为的主观阐释。研究结果揭示了一条递归性中介过程：在三种相互关联的驱动机制作用下，不满情绪逐步升级为跨平台对抗行动。