The Republic of Games: Textual Culture Between Old Books and New Media

by Elyse Graham

Many of today's digital platforms are designed according to the same model: they encourage users to create content for fun (a mode of production that some have termed playbour) and to earn points. On Facebook, for example, points are based on a user's number of friends and how many likes and shares a comment receives. New cultural and literary formations have arisen out of these feedback and reward systems, with surprising effects on amateur literary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773553398
• ISBN13: 9780773553392
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.9"