Playful Identities: The Ludification of Digital Media Cultures

by Sybille Lammes, Valerie Frissen, Michiel de Lange

In this edited volume, eighteen scholars examine the increasing role of digital media technologies in identity construction through play. Going beyond computer games, this interdisciplinary collection argues that present-day play and games are not only appropriate metaphors for capturing postmodern human identities, but are in fact the means by which people create their identity. From discussions of World of Warcraft and Foursquare to digital cartographies,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9089646396
• ISBN13: 9789089646392
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"