Videogames, Identity and Digital Subjectivity

This book argues that games offer a means of coming to terms with a world that is being transformed by digital technologies. As blends of software and fiction, videogames are uniquely capable of representing and exploring the effects of digitization on day-to-day life.

Sommario

1. Digital Subjects: Videogames, Technology and Identity
2. Datafied Subjects: Profiling and Personal Data
3. Private Subjects: Secrecy, Scandal and Surveillance
4. Beastly Subjects: Bodies and Interfaces
5. Synthetic Subjects: Horror and Artificial Intelligence
6. Mobile Subjects: Framing Selves and Spaces
7. Productive Subjects: Time, Value and Gendered Feelings

Info autore

Rob Gallagher is a postdoctoral researcher based at King's College London, UK. As part of the Ego-Media team, his research addresses the impact of new technologies on notions of identity and practices of self-presentation. His work has appeared in Games and Culture, Film Criticism and The New Inquiry.

Riassunto

This book argues that games offer a means of coming to terms with a world that is being transformed by digital technologies. As blends of software and fiction, videogames are uniquely capable of representing and exploring the effects of digitization on day-to-day life.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Rob Gallagher, Rob (King''s College London Gallagher, Gallagher Rob
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 11.07.2017
• EAN: 9781138228986
• ISBN: 978-1-138-22898-6
• Pagine: 210
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: Routledge Advances in Game Studies
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Hobby, casa > Giochi, quiz; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; History, Media Studies, Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Gender studies, gender groups, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & Mobile, Computer Games Design