Intergenerational Locative Play

Intergenerational Locative Play: Augmenting Family examines the social, spatial and physical impact of the hybrid reality game (HRG) Pokémon Go on the relationship between parents and their children.

About the author

Michael Saker is a Senior Lecturer at City, University of London. His research focuses on digital media, with an emphasis on the application of mobile and locative media in daily life. More recently, his research has extended to the phenomenology of emerging augmented and virtual reality technologies. Leighton Evans is a Senior Lecturer in Media Theory at Swansea University, Wales. His research centres on phenomenology and digital media, with interests in locative media, virtual and augmented reality, the experience of labour in data intensive environments and the subjective experience of technological implementation.

Summary

Intergenerational Locative Play: Augmenting Family examines the social, spatial and physical impact of the hybrid reality game (HRG) Pokémon Go on the relationship between parents and their children.

Product details

• Authors: Michael (City University of London Saker, Leighton (Swansea University Evans, Michael Saker, Leighton Evans
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 28.02.2021
• Subject: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society
• EAN: 9781839091407
• ISBN: 978-1-83909-140-7
• Pages: 176
• Dimensions (packing): 15.7 x 23.5 x 1.4 cm
• Weight (packing): 415 g