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Social Exclusion, Power, and Video Game Play

David G. Embrick, Talmadge J. Wright, Andras Lukacs
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      While many books and articles are emerging on the new area of game studies and the application of computer games to learning, therapeutic, military, and entertainment environments, few have attempted to contextualize the importance of virtual play within a broader social, cultural, and political environment that raises the question of the significance of work, play, power, and inequalities in the modern world. Studies tend to concentrate on the content of virtual games, but few have questioned how power is produced or reproduced by publishers, gamers, or even social media; how social exclusion (based on race, class, or gender) in the virtual environment is reproduced from the real world; and how actors are able to use new media to transcend their fears, anxieties, prejudices, and assumptions. The articles presented by the contributors in this volume represent cutting-edge research in the area of critical game play with the hope of drawing attention to the need for more studies that are both sociological and critical.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: David G. Embrick, Talmadge J. Wright, Andras Lukacs EAN: 9780739138618 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 426 g HEIGHT: 231 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Lexington Books DATE PUBLISHED: 2013-10-08 CITY: GENRE: GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Role Playing & Fantasy, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & Mobile, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies WIDTH: 154 cm SPINE:

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      Popular culture, Media studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Impact of science and technology on society, Communications engineering / telecommunications, Computer games / online games: strategy guides, Role-playing, war games and fantasy sports

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      David Embrick is assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Loyola University, Chicago.J. Talmadge Wright is associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Loyola University, Chicago.Andras Lukacs is a PhD candidate at Loyola University, Chicago.
      While many books and articles are emerging on the new area of game studies and the application of computer games to learning, therapeutic, military, and entertainment environments, few have attempted to contextualize the importance of virtual play within a broader social, cultural, and political environment that raises the question of the significance of work, play, power, and inequalities in the modern world. Studies tend to concentrate on the content of virtual games, but few have questioned how power is produced or reproduced by publishers, gamers, or even social media; how social exclusion (based on race, class, or gender) in the virtual environment is reproduced from the real world; and how actors are able to use new media to transcend their fears, anxieties, prejudices, and assumptions. The articles presented by the contributors in this volume represent cutting-edge research in the area of critical game play with the hope of drawing attention to the need for more studies that are both sociological and critical.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: David G. Embrick, Talmadge J. Wright, Andras Lukacs EAN: 9780739138618 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 426 g HEIGHT: 231 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Lexington Books DATE PUBLISHED: 2013-10-08 CITY: GENRE: GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Role Playing & Fantasy, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & Mobile, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies WIDTH: 154 cm SPINE:

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      Popular culture, Media studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Impact of science and technology on society, Communications engineering / telecommunications, Computer games / online games: strategy guides, Role-playing, war games and fantasy sports

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      David Embrick is assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Loyola University, Chicago.J. Talmadge Wright is associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Loyola University, Chicago.Andras Lukacs is a PhD candidate at Loyola University, Chicago.

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