Generation Z and the Online Gaming Community: a Study of Multicultural Education in Disruptive Era

Abstract

. Disruption era is marked by the emergence of various forms of new innovation products which eventually interrupt the long-existed ones. It also happens in the gaming world characterized by the emergence of online gaming products. The presence of online gaming has formed a community of generation Z which consists of various backgrounds of family, religion, ethnicity, and culture. Thus, Generation Z can gather and socialize in a community and build networks with others. This study was aimed to describe how great the influence of the online gaming community was to the multicultural education of generation Z and what the related factors are. A mixed method was used in this study. The result showed that there was a significant influence between variables of the online gaming community to the multicultural education of generation Z which was caused by several factors, namely: the online gaming community influence the emergence of multicultural tolerance attitude of generation Z; online games were capable in providing an imaginative virtual space; online games created a separated social system for the users; online games as new culture; online games became the gate of entrance to understand the multicultural education, the togetherness principle in virtual space, the new learning experience, and the social narrative in multicultural perspective.