Playing along : digital games, YouTube, and virtual performance / Kiri Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Kiri.

Series:

Oxford music/media series.

Oxford music/media series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interactive videos.

Popular music.

Video game music.

Video games--Social aspects.

Video games.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Summary:

Why don't Guitar Hero players just pick up real guitars? What happens when millions of people play the role of a young black gang member in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? How are YouTube-based music lessons changing the nature of amateur musicianship? This book is about play, performance, and participatory culture in the digital age. Miller shows how video games and social media are bridging virtual and visceral experience, creating dispersed communities who forge meaningful connections by ""playing along"" with popular culture. Playing Along reveals how digital media are brought to bear in th

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Companion Website; Introduction: Playing Along; PART ONE: Playing Along with Grand Theft Auto; 1. Straight Outta Ganton: Virtual Tourism, Fieldwork, and Performance; 2. Jacking the Dial: Radio, Race, and Place in San Andreas; PART TWO: Playing Along with Guitar Hero and Rock Band; 3. How Musical Is Guitar Hero?; 4. Just Add Performance: Staging Schizophonia; PART THREE: Playing Along with Communities of Practice; 5. Music Lessons 2.0; 6. Amateur-to-Amateur; Endgame; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613428103

9780199929917

0199929912

9781283428101

1283428105

9780199921249

0199921245

OCLC:

772845064