Video games as culture

• Verfasser: Muriel, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasser: Crawford, Garry [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Video games as culture
• Titelzusatz: considering the role and importance of video games in contemporary society
• Verf.angabe: Daniel Muriel and Garry Crawford
• Verlagsort: London ; New York
• Verlag: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Jahr: 2018
• Umfang: xiv, 194 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Format: 24 cm
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Routledge advances in sociology ; 241
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-1-138-65510-2
• ISBN: 978-1-138-65511-9
• ISBN: 1-138-65510-4
• ISBN: 1-138-65511-2
• Schlagwörter: (s)Videospiel / (s)Gesellschaft / (s)Alltag / (s)Massenkultur
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-AusgabeMuriel, Daniel: Video games as culture. - Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge,, 2018. - 1 online resource (xiv, 194 pages)
• RVK-Notation: AP 15963
• K10plus-PPN: 1011093456

Abstract

Introduction : contemporary culture through the lens of video games -- The emergence and consolidation of video games as culture -- Video games and agency within neoliberalism and participatory culture -- Video games as experience -- Video games beyond escapism : empathy and identification -- Video gamers and (post-)identity -- Conclusion : this is not a video game, or is it?