Crawford Garry (University Of Salford Uk)
Crawford Garry (University Of Salford Uk) - Video Games As Culture Considering The Role And Importance Of Video Games In Contemporary Society - Paperback
Crawford Garry (University Of Salford Uk) - Video Games As Culture Considering The Role And Importance Of Video Games In Contemporary Society - Paperback
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Description: Video games are becoming culturally dominant. But what does their popularity say about our contemporary society? This book explores video game culture but in doing so utilizes video games as a lens through which to understand contemporary social life. Video games are becoming an increasingly central part of our cultural lives impacting on various aspects of everyday life such as our consumption communities and identity formation. Drawing on new and original empirical data including interviews with gamers as well as key representatives from the video game industry media education and cultural sector Video Games as Culture not only considers contemporary video game culture but also explores how video games provide important insights into the modern nature of digital and participatory culture patterns of consumption and identity formation late modernity and contemporary political rationalities. This book will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as postdoctoral researchers interested in fields such Video Games Sociology and Media and Cultural Studies. It will also be useful for those interested in the wider role of culture technology and consumption in the transformation of society identities and communities.
Title: Video Games As Culture Considering The Role And Importance Of Video Games In Contemporary Society
Author(s): Crawford Garry (University Of Salford Uk)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138655119
Pages: 194 Pages, 1 Tables, Black And White; 8 Halftones, Black And White; 8 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 3/14/2018
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
Category: Sociology
Description: Video games are becoming culturally dominant. But what does their popularity say about our contemporary society? This book explores video game culture but in doing so utilizes video games as a lens through which to understand contemporary social life. Video games are becoming an increasingly central part of our cultural lives impacting on various aspects of everyday life such as our consumption communities and identity formation. Drawing on new and original empirical data including interviews with gamers as well as key representatives from the video game industry media education and cultural sector Video Games as Culture not only considers contemporary video game culture but also explores how video games provide important insights into the modern nature of digital and participatory culture patterns of consumption and identity formation late modernity and contemporary political rationalities. This book will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as postdoctoral researchers interested in fields such Video Games Sociology and Media and Cultural Studies. It will also be useful for those interested in the wider role of culture technology and consumption in the transformation of society identities and communities.
Title: Video Games As Culture Considering The Role And Importance Of Video Games In Contemporary Society
Author(s): Crawford Garry (University Of Salford Uk)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138655119
Pages: 194 Pages, 1 Tables, Black And White; 8 Halftones, Black And White; 8 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 3/14/2018
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
Category: Sociology
