The odyssey of a group of "refugees" from a closed-down online game and an exploration of emergent fan cultures in virtual worlds.
Play communities existed long before massively multiplayer online games; they have ranged from bridge clubs to sports leagues, from tabletop role-playing games to Civil War reenactments. With the emergence of digital networks, however, new varieties of adult play communities have appeared, most notably within online games and virtual worlds. Players in these networked worlds sometimes develop a sense of community that transcends the game itself.
In Communities of Play, game researcher and designer Celia Pearce explores emergent fan cultures in networked digital worlds -- actions by players that do not coincide with the intentions of the game's designers. Pearce looks in particular at the Uru Diaspora -- a group of players whose game, Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, closed. These players (primarily baby boomers) immigrated into other worlds, self-identifying as "refugees"; relocated in There.com, they created a hybrid culture integrating aspects of their old world. Ostracized at first, they became community leaders. Pearce analyzes the properties of virtual worlds and looks at the ways design affects emergent behavior. She discusses the methodologies for studying online games, including a personal account of the sometimes messy process of ethnography. Pearce considers the "play turn" in culture and the advent of a participatory global playground enabled by networked digital games every bit as communal as the global village Marshall McLuhan saw united by television. Countering the ludological definition of play as unproductive and pointing to the long history of pre-digital play practices, Pearce argues that play can be a prelude to creativity.
Автор: Annett, Sandra Название: Anime Fan Communities: Transcultural Flows and Frictions ISBN: 1137480653 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137480651 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 10760.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: How have animation fans in Japan, South Korea, the United States, and Canada formed communities and dealt with conflicts across cultural and geographic distance? This book traces animation fandom from its roots in early cinema audiences, through mid-century children`s cartoon fan clubs, to today`s digitally-networked transcultural fan cultures.
Автор: Barron Lee Название: Celebrity Cultures ISBN: 1446249271 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781446249277 Издательство: Sage Publications Рейтинг: Цена: 6493.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A cutting edge, student friendly introduction to celebrity studies. Historically and sociologically grounded, Barron covers a broad range of theories and theorists alongside a wealth of global case studies and examples - from Julius Ceasar to modern digtial fandom.
Автор: Pamela Kendall Stone; Helaine Selin Название: Childbirth Across Cultures ISBN: 9400730586 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789400730588 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 27251.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: These decisions, regarding place of birth, position, who receives the baby and even how the mother may or may not behave during the actual delivery, are all part of the different ways that birth is conducted.One chapter of the book will be devoted to midwives and other birth attendants.
Автор: Bennett Название: Mediated Youth Cultures ISBN: 1137287012 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137287014 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11179.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book brings together thirteen timely essays from across the globe that consider a range of `mediated youth cultures`, covering topics such as the phenomenon of dance imitations on YouTube, the circulation of zines online, the resurgence of roller derby on the social web, drinking cultures, Israeli blogs, Korean pop music, and more.
Автор: Varriale Название: Globalization, Music and Cultures of Distinction ISBN: 1137564490 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137564498 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11878.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book is the first comprehensiveaccount of how Anglo-American popular music transformed Italian cultural life.Drawing on neglected archival materials, the author explores the rise of newmusical tastes and social divisions in late twentieth century Italy.The book reconstructs the emergence of popmusic magazines in Italy and offers the first in-depth investigation of therole of critics in global music cultures. It explores how class, gender, raceand geographical location shaped the production and consumption of music magazines,as well as critics’ struggle over notions of expertise, cultural value andcosmopolitanism.Globalization, Music and Cultures ofDistinction provides an innovative framework for studying how globalization transforms cultural institutions andaesthetic hierarchies, thus breaking new ground for sociological and historicalresearch. It will be essential reading for scholars and students interested incultural sociology, popular music, globalization, media and cultural studies,social theory and contemporary Italy.
Автор: Nowak Название: Networked Music Cultures ISBN: 1137582898 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137582898 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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This collection presents a range of essays on contemporary music distribution and consumption patterns and practices. The contributors to the collection use a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches, discussing the consequences and effects of the digital distribution of music as it is manifested in specific cultural contexts.
The widespread circulation of music in digital form has far-reaching consequences: not least for how we understand the practices of sourcing and consuming music, the political economy of the music industries, and the relationships between format and aesthetics. Through close empirical engagement with a variety of contexts and analytical frames, the contributors to this collection demonstrate that the changes associated with networked music are always situationally specific, sometimes contentious, and often unexpected in their implications.
With chapters covering topics such as the business models of streaming audio, policy and professional discourses around the changing digital music market, the creative affordances of format and circulation, and local practices of accessing and engaging with music in a range of distinct cultural contexts, the book presents an overview of the themes, topics and approaches found in current social and cultural research on the relations between music and digital technology.
Автор: Pullen Название: Queer Youth and Media Cultures ISBN: 1137383542 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137383549 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This collection explores the representation and performance of queer youth in media cultures, primarily examining TV, film and online new media. Specific themes of investigation include the context of queer youth suicide and educational strategies to avert this within online new media, and the significance of coming out videos produced online.
Автор: Dunn Название: Female Football Fans ISBN: 1137398191 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137398192 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 8384.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Most sociological work on football fandom has focused on the experience of men, and it usually talks about alcohol, fighting and general hooliganism. This book shows that there are some unique facets of female experience and fascinating negotiations of identity within the male-dominated world of men`s professional football.
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