[ecrea] New Book: Playing with Virtuality - Theories and Methods of Computer Game Studies

Bigl, Benjamin / Stoppe, Sebastian (Eds.):
Playing with Virtuality - Theories and Methods of Computer Game Studies

Peter Lang: Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York,
Oxford, Wien, 2013.
423 pp., 12 fig. b/w, 17 tables, 22 graphs
Series: MedienRausch - Volume 5
ISBN 978-3-631-64060-9

Computer games have fascinated millions of users for more than 30 years.
Today, they constitute the strongest sector in the media-entertainment
industry and are part of the experience of digital daily life. Computer
Game Studies require a deep understanding of functional and
communicational mechanisms of games that support the player’s immersion
in virtual worlds. Unfortunately, the discussion and the academic
research about usage and effects of computer games mostly takes place
isolated within different scientific contexts with various theoretical
and methodological approaches. Therefore, this anthology combines the
perspectives of Media Studies, Game Studies, and Communication Studies,
and presents their findings in an interdisciplinary approach.

Available now from Peter Lang:
http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?cid=5&event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=73330&concordeid=264060

Contributors and Contents:
http://www.sebastian-stoppe.de/wp-content/uploads/playingwithvirtuality.pdf

About the editors:
Benjamin Bigl is a research assistant at the Institute for Communication
and Media Studies at the University of Leipzig.
Sebastian Stoppe is a research associate at the Research Academy of the
University of Leipzig.
Both editors are members of the Zentrum für Wissenschaft und Forschung |
Medien e. V.


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