Kennedy Helen - Game Cultures: Computer Games As New Media - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 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 This is key reading for students academics and industry practitioners in the fields of cultural studies new media media studies and game studies as well as human - computer interaction and cyberculture.
Title: Game Cultures: Computer Games As New Media
Author(s): Kennedy Helen
Publisher: Open University Press
Barcode: 9780335213573
Pages: 184 Pages
Publication Date: 5/1/2006
Category: Material Culture