Game Cultures: Computer Games as New Media
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
033521357X
ISBN-13
9780335213573
Publisher
Open University Press
Imprint
Open University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 16th, 2006
Print length
184 Pages
Weight
308 grams
Dimensions
22.50 x 17.10 x 1.20 cms
Product Classification:
Media studies
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This book introduces the critical concepts and debates that are shaping the emerging field of game studies. Exploring games in the context of cultural studies and media studies, it analyses computer games as the most popular contemporary form of new media production and consumption.
This book introduces the critical concepts and debates that are shaping the emerging field of game studies. Exploring games in the context of cultural studies and media studies, it analyses computer games as the most popular contemporary form of new media production and consumption.
The book:
- Argues for the centrality of play in redefining reading, consuming and creating culture
- Offers detailed research into the political economy of games to generate a model of new media production
- Examines the dynamics of power in relation to both the production and consumption of computer games
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