Christoph Bareither (Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin)

Playful Virtual Violence

An Ethnography of Emotional Practices in Video Games

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Produktbeschreibung

Violence in video games has been a controversial object of public discourse for several decades. Building upon an extensive ethnographic study of players' emotional practices,this Element provides new insights into the complexity and pleasures of player experiences, contributing to societal and academic debate on a critical aspect of video gaming.

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Produktdetails

• Elements in Histories of Emotions and the Senses
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 75
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 126g
• ISBN-13: 9781108819435
• ISBN-10: 1108819435
• Artikelnr.: 60095447

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Emotional practices, popular pleasures, and virtual violence
2. Studying emotional practices in video games
3. Feeling through virtual bodies
4. Between competition and cooperation
5. Righteous revenge and transgressive humour
6. Beyond fun
Conclusion.