| Perceiving Play: The Art and Study of Computer Games Contributor(s): Knobel, Michele (Editor), Lankshear, Colin (Editor), Peters, Michael Adrian (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0820497002 ISBN-13: 9780820497006 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $41.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Games & Activities | Video & Electronic - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies |
| Dewey: 794.8 |
| LCCN: 2008043973 |
| Series: New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies |
| Physical Information: 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Computer games are increasingly prevalent, and cause both curiosity and concern in the general public, so understanding these games and play is important. Game researchers need to work quickly to document, report, and analyse the effect on our modern society as an increasing amount of people make new and drastically different choices in how they spend their time. Perceiving Play: The Art and Study of Computer Games looks at the directions and findings of this research, and examines how game research integrates the studies of social science, ethnography, textual analysis and criticism, economy, law, and technology. |