Situating social games in the everyday: an Australian perspective
This paper explores some of the ways in which social games - games played with others through social network sites such as Facebook - are situated within the everyday. It argues that social games are more than just games; they perform a range of interactive and integrative functions across and withi...
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| description | This paper explores some of the ways in which social games - games played with others through social network sites such as Facebook - are situated within the everyday. It argues that social games are more than just games; they perform a range of interactive and integrative functions across and within people's lives and therefore need to be investigated as such. Social games en-able spaces for and practices of creative expression, and identity management. They also form a mechanism through which relations can be enacted and maintained across and outside of the game environment. This argument requires the researcher to consider the panoply of ways in which people integrate social games within their lives and everyday practices. Part of a larger project, this paper explores some findings from an exploratory survey of Australian game play-ers about their management and integration of game play within the everyday with a particular focus on gender. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-418002017-09-13T16:03:55Z Situating social games in the everyday: an Australian perspective Willson, Michele social network games social games gender This paper explores some of the ways in which social games - games played with others through social network sites such as Facebook - are situated within the everyday. It argues that social games are more than just games; they perform a range of interactive and integrative functions across and within people's lives and therefore need to be investigated as such. Social games en-able spaces for and practices of creative expression, and identity management. They also form a mechanism through which relations can be enacted and maintained across and outside of the game environment. This argument requires the researcher to consider the panoply of ways in which people integrate social games within their lives and everyday practices. Part of a larger project, this paper explores some findings from an exploratory survey of Australian game play-ers about their management and integration of game play within the everyday with a particular focus on gender. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41800 10.17477/jcea.2015.14.1.057 JCEA Online fulltext |
| spellingShingle | social network games social games gender Willson, Michele Situating social games in the everyday: an Australian perspective |
| title | Situating social games in the everyday: an Australian perspective |
| title_full | Situating social games in the everyday: an Australian perspective |
| title_fullStr | Situating social games in the everyday: an Australian perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Situating social games in the everyday: an Australian perspective |
| title_short | Situating social games in the everyday: an Australian perspective |
| title_sort | situating social games in the everyday: an australian perspective |
| topic | social network games social games gender |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41800 |