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1 online resource (x, 171 pages) 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; and, 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 Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-161) and index Cover -- Acknowledgements -- TOC36;Contents -- Foreword -- CH36;Chapter 01 Studying computer games -- What is games culture63; -- Theories of technology -- Interactivity -- Spectatorship and the 8216;problem of immersion -- Representation and simulation -- Consumption47;production -- Technicity -- Work an

Author

Jon Dovey and Helen W. Kennedy

Publisher

Maidenhead, Berkshire, England ; Open University Press, 2006.

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780335213580

Subjects

Science, Philosophy, Political Science