Learning in Video Game Affinity Spaces (Paperback)

Language: English

Published by Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2012

1433109832 / 9781433109836

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Paperback. As video games have become an important economic and cultural force, scholars are increasingly trying to better understand the ways that engagement with games may drive learning, literacy, and social participation in the twenty-first century. In this book, the authors consider games and just as importantly, the social interactions around games, not in terms of how they should be managed or incorporated into existing educational structures, but for what they tell us about the forms of learning and literacy that are already instantiated within the use of these media. To this end, this book delves deeply into James Paul Gees (2004) productive and influential concept of the affinity space the physical or virtual locations (or some combination of the two) where people come together around a shared interest or affinity. By explicating how and why engaged fans of digital media do what they do in online spaces, the authors cast a light, as Gee did, on the promise of these media and the problems facing current educational systems. The authors consider games as importantly, the social interactions around games, not in terms of how they should be managed or incorporated into existing educational structures, but for what they tell us about the forms of learning and literacy that are already instantiated within the use of these media. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title
Learning in Video Game Affinity Spaces (Paperback)
Author
Elisabeth R. Hayes
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Publication year
2012
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new
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
1433109832
ISBN 13
9781433109836
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1st Edition

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