Focusing on the intersection of digital gaming and everyday life, this book offers a comprehensive exploration of how gamers experience and engage with games within their social networks and consumer behaviors. It serves as an accessible introduction to the study of digital gaming, highlighting its impact on daily interactions and cultural patterns.
Exploring the journey of becoming a sports fan, this book delves into the everyday experiences and consumer behaviors of followers. It highlights the social and moral evolution of supporters, examining how their engagement with sports shapes their identities and relationships over a lifetime. By offering a comprehensive look at the dynamics of fandom, it reveals the intricate connections between sport and personal life.
Culture and cultural studies -- Culture, communication and representation -- Culture, power, globalization and inequality -- Consumption, collaboration and digital media -- Researching culture, communication and media -- Topographies of culture: geography, meaning and power -- Politics and culture -- Cultured bodies -- Audiences, fans, subcultures and postsubcultures -- Visual culture
Considering the Role and Importance of Video Games in Contemporary Society
Exploring the rise of video games in modern culture, this book uses gaming as a lens to analyze contemporary social dynamics. It delves into how the popularity of video games reflects and shapes societal values, interactions, and behaviors, providing insights into the cultural significance of this medium in today's world.
Focusing on cosplay as a vibrant subculture, this book explores the creative processes involved in crafting costumes and identities. It delves into the community aspect, highlighting playful spaces where enthusiasts come together to express themselves through performance. The text offers insights into the everyday practices that define cosplay, making it an essential resource for understanding this unique form of artistic expression and social interaction.
A practical and simple tool that helps parents find questions to ask and a way to connect with their children day after day.
The first full length dictionary of leisure studies, offering a critical survey of this increasingly popular and interdisciplinary field and incisive overviews of the key figures whose work exercises the most powerful influence on leisure studies today.