Playful Virtual Violence : An Ethnography of Emotional Practices in Video Games

Name: Playful Virtual Violence
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781108819435
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ISBN: 9781108819435

by Christoph Bareither

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Elements in Histories of Emotions and the Senses

ISBN-10 1108819435

ISBN-13 9781108819435

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Oct 29th, 2020

Print length 76 Pages

Weight 126 grams

Dimensions 15.20 x 22.90 x 0.80 cms

Product Classification: Social & cultural history Cultural studies Cultural studies Social and cultural history

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Violence in video games has been a controversial object of public discourse for several decades. Building upon an extensive ethnographic study of players' emotional practices,this Element provides new insights into the complexity and pleasures of player experiences, contributing to societal and academic debate on a critical aspect of video gaming.

Violence in video games has been a controversial object of public discourse for several decades. The question of what kind of emotional experiences players enact when playing with representations of physical violence in games has been largely ignored however. Building upon an extensive ethnographic study of players'' emotional practices in video games, including participant observation in online games, qualitative interviews, an analysis of YouTube videos and gaming magazines since the 1980s, this Element provides new insights into the complexity and diversity of player experiences and the pleasures of playful virtual violence. Instead of either defending or condemning the players, it contributes foundational, unprejudiced knowledge for a societal and academic debate on a critical aspect of video gaming. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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