Rethinking Gamification / Mathias Fuchs, Sonia Fizek, and others.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuchs, Mathias, author.

Fizek, Sonia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gamification.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lüneburg : meson press, 2014.

Summary:

The contributions in this book offer a candid assessment of the gamification hype. They trace back the historical roots of the phenomenon and explore novel design practices and methods. They critically discuss its social implications and even present artistic tactics for resistance. It is time to rethink gamification! -- Book Cover.

Contents:

Introduction

RESETTING BEHAVIOUR

Gamification and governmentality / Niklas Schrape

From engagement to life, or: How to do things with gamification? / Paolo Ruffino

How to win foursquare: body and space in a gamified world / Maxwell Foxman

The ludification of culture / Joost Raessens

REPLAYING HISTORY

Predigital precursors of gamification / Mathias Fuchs

Making points the point: towards a history of ideas of gamification / Felix Raczkowski

REFRAMING CONTEXT

Communicology, apparatus, and post-history: Vilem Flusser's concepts applied to videogames and gamification / Fabrizio Poltronieri

Gamification: rethinking 'playing the game' with Jacques Henriot / Thibault Philippette

To play against: describing competition in gamification / Gabriele Ferri

RECLAIMING OPPOSITION

Counter-gamification: emerging tactics and practices against the rule of numbers / Daphne Dragona

Gamed agencies: affectively modulating our screen and app-driven digital futures / Matthew Tiessen

REMODELLING DESIGN

Why fun matters: in search of emergent playful experiences / Sonia Fizek

Exploring the endgame of gamification / Scott Nicholson

Eudaimonic design, or: Six invitations to rethink gamification

APPENDIX

Authors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

3-95796-001-0