Playful identities : the ludification of digital media cultures / edited by Valerie Frissen, Sybille Lammes, Michiel de Lange, Jos de Mul, Joost Raessens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

de Lange, Michiel, Editor.

Contributor:

Frissen, Valerie (Valerie Alice Josepha), 1960- Editor.

Series:

MediaMatters.

MediaMatters

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video games--Social aspects.

Video games.

Video games--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : Amsterdam University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Playful Identities, eighteen scholars examine the increasing role of digital media technologies in identity construction through play. Going beyond computer games, this interdisciplinary collection argues that present-day play and games are not only appropriate metaphors for capturing postmodern human identities, but are in fact the means by which people create their identity. From discussions of World of Warcraft and Foursquare to digital cartographies, the combined essays form a groundbreaking volume that features the most recent insights in play and game studies, media research, and identity studies.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

1. Homo ludens 2.0 : Play, media, and identity / Frissen, Valerie / Lammes, Sybille / de Lange, Michiel / de Mul, Jos / Raessens, Joost

Part I: Play

Introduction to Part I / Frissen, Valerie / Lammes, Sybille / de Lange, Michiel / de Mul, Jos / Raessens, Joost

2. Playland : Technology, self, and cultural transformation / Gergen, Kenneth J.

3. Spiritual play : Encountering the sacred in World of Warcraft / Aupers, Stef

4. Playful computer interaction / Cermak-Sassenrath, Daniel

5. Playful identity in game design and open-ended play / Deen, Menno / Schouten, Ben / Bekker, Tilde

6. Breaking reality : Exploring pervasive cheating in Foursquare / Glas, René

7. Playing with bits and bytes : The savage mind in the digital age / Frissen, Valerie

Part II: Media

Introduction to Part II / Frissen, Valerie / Lammes, Sybille / de Lange, Michiel / de Mul, Jos / Raessens, Joost

8. Location-based mobile games : Interfaces to urban spaces / de Souza e Silva, Adriana / Frith, Jordan

9. The playful use of mobile phones and its link to social cohesion / Ling, Rich

10. Digital cartographies as playful practices / Lammes, Sybille

11. Ludic identities and the magic circle / Calleja, Gordon

12. Play (for) time / Crogan, Patrick

13. Playful identity politics : How refugee games affect the player's identity / Raessens, Joost

Part III: Identity

Introduction to Part III / Frissen, Valerie / Lammes, Sybille / de Lange, Michiel / de Mul, Jos / Raessens, Joost

14. Playing out identities and emotions / Jansz, Jeroen

15. Playing with others : The identity paradoxes of the web as social network / Timmermans, Jeroen

16. New media, play, and social identities / Fortunati, Leopoldina

17. Playing life in the metropolis: Mobile media and identity in Jakarta / de Lange, Michiel

18. The conflicts within the casual : The culture and identity of casual online play / Mäyrä, Frans

19. Afterplay / de Mul, Jos

About the authors

Index of Names

Index of Subjects

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0https://www.aup.nl/en/publish/open-access

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-70150-7

1-04-078715-0

90-485-2303-6

9781003701507

OCLC:

1059279779