[Commlist] new book: Mainstreaming and Game Journalism

New book: Mainstreaming and Game Journalism


MIT Press is delighted to announce the publication of “Mainstreaming and 
Game Journalism” by David B. Nieborg & Maxwell Foxman in their Playful 
Thinking series.

The book is available today at bookstores and an open access PDF of the 
entire book can be downloaded here: 
https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5657/Mainstreaming-and-Game-Journalism 
<https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5657/Mainstreaming-and-Game-Journalism>

Mainstreaming and Game Journalism addresses both the history and current 
practice of game journalism, along with the roles writers and industry 
play in conveying that the medium is a “mainstream” form of 
entertainment. Through interviews with reporters, the authors examine 
the bumpy process of what they think of as “mainstreaming,” which 
encompasses three overlapping factors. First, for games to become 
mainstream, they need to become more ubiquitous through broader media 
coverage. Second, an increase in ludic literacy, or how-to play games, 
determines whether that greater visibility translates into 
accessibility. Third, the mainstreaming of games must gain cultural 
legitimacy. The fact that games are more visible does little if only a 
few people take them seriously or deem them worthy of attention. 
Ultimately, Mainstreaming and Game Journalism provocatively questions 
whether games ever will—or even should—gain widespread cultural acceptance.

Table of contents:
1 Introduction: “Shall I Explain the Game?”
2 Moving Away from the Mainstream
3 Passionate Experts
4 The Many Streams of Game Journalism
5 What It’s Actually About
6 Conclusion: Mainstream Is a Verb

According to Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly this book is: “A 
must-read for journalism and game scholars… it masterfully presents the 
complex dynamics that form and establish journalistic genres and their 
impact and influence on journalists’ practices and sensemaking and vice 
versa.”



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