Understanding Digital Games - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1412900344 ISBN 13 : 9781412900348

Editeur : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

The aim of this book is to satisfy the need for a single accessible textbook which offers a broad introduction to the range of literatures and approaches currently contributing to digital game research. Each of the chapters outline key theoretical perspectives, theorists, and literatures to demonstrate their relevance to, and use in, the study of digital games.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jason Rutter is a Research Fellow at the Manchester Institute for Innovation Research (MIoIR) where he works primarily in the areas of leisure technologies (especially digital gaming) as well as counterfeiting and piracy of digital content. He has been involved in projects funded by the European Commission, Northern Ireland Office, NESTA, DTI and ESRC and published widely including the books Understanding Digital Games (2006, Sage) and Digital Game Industries (forthcoming, Ashgate) and special editions of Game Studies (2003) and Information, Communication and Society (2003). His recent projects include 'Hidden Innovation in the Creative Sectors' (NESTA), 'Intellectual Property Theft and Organised Crime' (NIO) and 'Mobile Entertainment Industry and Culture' (EC). He chaired the European Commission Marie Curie Conference 'Putting the Knowledge Based Society into Practice' (April 2006) and the international conferences 'Mobile Entertainment: User Centred Perspectives' (2004) and 'Playing with the Future' (2002) as well as running the ESRC-funded seminar series "DigiPlay: Experience and Consequence of Technologies of Leisure". He was the inaugural vice-president of the international Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA).

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

The study of digital games is a lively area of research and theorising which draws upon perspectives from a range of disciplines, including sociology, psychology, media and film studies, economics, business, gender studies and computer science. This book brings together these perspectives to offer a unique survey of this field.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1412900344
• ISBN 13: 9781412900348
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 249
• Éditeur: Rutter Jason, Bryce Jo
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Allemagne