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PLAYING VIDEO GAMES: MOTIVES, RESPONSES, AND CONSEQUENCES

Anna Kostygina, Ann-Sofie Axelsson, Arthur A. Raney, Astrid Kristen, Barry P. Smith, Bradley S. Greenberg, Brendesha Tynes, Caroline Oppl, Christoph Klimmt, Craig A. Anderson, Debra A. Lieberman, Dmitri Williams, Elaine Chan, Francis F. Steen, Gerard Christopher Klug, Gerhild Nieding, Henry Lowood, Jason K. Smith, Jeffrey T. Hancock, Jennings Bryant, Jesse Schell, John L. Sherry, Jorge Peña-Herborn, Katharine E. Buckley, Katherine M. Pieper, Kaysee Baker, Ken Lachlan, Kevin Durkin, Kristen Lucas, Maria von Salisch, Marie Siân Davies, Michael A. Shapiro, Michael Sellers, Min Lee Kwan, Namkee Park, Patricia M. Greenfield, Paul Skalski, Peng Wei, Peter Ohler, Peter Vorderer, René Weber, Ron Tamborini, Scott D. Lipscomb, Sean M. Zehnder, Stacy L. Smith, Tilo Hartmann, Tim Regan, Ute Ritterfield



 

From security training simulations to war games to role-playing games, to sports games to gambling, playing video games has become a social phenomena, and the increasing number of players that cross gender, culture, and age is on a dramatic upward trajectory. Playing Video Games: Motives, Responses, and Consequences integrates communication, psychology, and technology to examine the psychological and mediated aspects of playing video games. It is the first volume to delve deeply into these aspects of computer game play. It fits squarely into the media psychology arm of entertainment studies, the next big wave in media studies. The book targets one of the most popular and pervasive media in modern times, and it will serve to define the area of study and provide a theoretical spine for future research.


This unique and timely volume will appeal to scholars, researchers, and graduate students in media studies and mass communication, psychology, and marketing.

 

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English

Paperback


9780805853223

2006

480

English

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9780805853216

2006

480

English

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9780203873700

2012

480

 

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Languages: #English

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Genres: #GameDesign


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