Some months ago, an international survey assessing the state of digital games research was conducted by the Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA), the Digital Games Research Temporary Working Group of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) and the Game Studies Special Interest Group of the International Communication Association (ICA). The goal of the study was to obtain a clearer picture of the people involved in research into digital games: their backgrounds, types of activities, perceptions of the field and ideas for future directions.
Preliminary results have been presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) Conference last month and work on a manuscript with full results is currently under way.
http://www.digital-games.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ICA-Presentation-Van-Looy-Quandt-et-al.pdf