Game Cultures: Computer Games as New Media

by Jon Dovey and Helen W. Kennedy

Book Overview

This book introduces the critical concepts and debates that are shaping the emerging field of game studies. Exploring games in the context of cultural studies and media studies, it analyses computer games as the most popular contemporary form of new media production and consumption. The book: Argues for the centrality of play in redefining reading, consuming and creating culture Offers detailed research into the political economy of games to generate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 033521357X
• ISBN13: 9780335213573
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 9.2"