[ecrea] Book Announcement: Video Game Policy

Steven Conway and I are delighted to announce our new edited collection 
Video Game Policy: Production, Circulation, Consumption from Routledge. 
In this book, you will find an international approach from game studies 
scholars, media scholars, lawyers, and policy makers engaging with 
questions concerning games, policy, and power. I have included the table 
of contents below and attached the flier with Routledge’s discount code. 
Amazon also has an ebook version that is significantly cheaper than this 
first run release price.

Very best,

Jennifer and Steven

Video Game Policy: Production, Circulation, Consumption
Eds. Steven Conway and Jennifer deWinter

Introduction
            Steven Conway & Jennifer deWinter

Intellectual Property, Privacy, & Copyright
Chapter 1: Law of the Game: Intellectual Property in the Video Game Industry
Mark Methenitis
Chapter 2: Digital Locks, Labor, and Play in Canada’s Copyright Policy: 
Filtering Power Through Configurations of Game Development
            Owen Livermore
Chapter 3: The Princess Doesn’t Leave the Castle: How Nintendo's WiiWare 
Imprisons Indie Game Design
Theo Plothe
Chapter 4: Policies, Terms of Service, and Social Networking Games
            Stephanie Vie

Rating Systems and Cultural Politics
Chapter 5: E(SRB) Is for Everyone: Game Ratings and the Practice of 
Content Evaluation
            Judd Ethan Ruggill and Ken S. McAllister
Chapter 6: Games For Grown-Ups?: An Historical Account of the Australian 
Classification System
            Steven Conway & Laura Crawford
Chapter 7: Rockstar Versus Australia
            Mark Finn
Chapter 8: Play Britannia: The Development of UK Video Game Policy
            Ren Reynolds

Violence in Video Games
Chapter 9: Re-conceptualizing Game Violence: Who Is Being Protected and 
From What?
            Gareth Schott & Frans Mäyrä
Chapter 10: Playing Around with Causes of Violent Crime: Violent Video 
Games as a Diversion from the Policy Challenges Involved in 
Understanding and Reducing Violent Crime
            James D. Ivory & Adrienne Holz Ivory
Chapter 11: Banning Violent Video Games in Switzerland: A Public Problem 
Going Unnoticed
            Michael Perret
Chapter 12: Toxic Gamer Culture, Corporate Regulation, and Standards of 
Behavior Among Players of Online Games
            Thorsten Busch, Kelly Boudreau, & Mia Consalvo


Politics and Regulations
Chapter 13: The Right to Play in the Digital Era
Tom Apperley
Chapter 14: Against the Arcade: Video Gaming Regulation and the Legacy 
of Pinball
            Carly A. Kocurek
Chapter 15: Curt Shilling’s Gold Coins: Lessons for Creative Industry 
Policy in Light of the 38 Studios Collapse
            Randy Nichols
Chapter 16: The Ban on Gaming Consoles in China: Protecting National 
Culture, Morals, and Industry Within an International Regulatory Framework
            Bjarke Liboriussen, Andrew White, & Dan Wang
Chapter 17: Regulating Rape: The Case of RapeLay, Domestic Markets, 
International Outrage, and Cultural Imperialism
            Jennifer deWinter

Afterward
            Ashley S. Lipson

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Jennifer deWinter, PhD
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Associate Head, Humanities and Arts
Co-Director, Professional Writing
Interactive Media and Game Development
(Jdewinter /at/ wpi.edu)



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