Cultures of Computer Game Concerns: The Child Across Families, Law, Science and Industry

book: Cultures of Computer Game Concerns

Open Access Published by transcript Verlag 2018

Cultures of Computer Game Concerns

The Child Across Families, Law, Science and Industry

Edited by: Estrid Sörensen
Funded by: Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2019: Backlist Collection

Volume 23 in the series VerKörperungen/MatteRealities - Perspektiven empirischer Wissenschaftsforschung

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839439340

Overview
Contents

About this book

The same computer games are played by youths all over the world, and worldwide games become matters of concern in relation to children: worries rise about addiction, violence, education, time, and economy. Yet, these concerns vary depending upon where they are situated: in families, legal contexts, industry or science. They also play out differently across countries and cultures. This situated nature of computer game concerns is generally neglected. Not in this book: It gives a detailed mosaic of the complex and multiple everyday realities of computer game concerns in relation to children, as they are variably situated throughout society and across cultures.

Author / Editor information

Estrid Sörensen is a Professor of Cultural Psychology and Anthropology of Knowledge at the Ruhr-University Bochum. She does research within Science & Technology Studies.

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Supplementary Materials

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	1
Inhalt Open Access Download PDF	5
Introduction: Computer Games and Children – Concerns, Infrastructures and Cultures Estrid Sørensen Open Access Download PDF	9
Part I Industry Computer Game Concerns
If {battleState = BattleState.standby}: Bringing the Gamer Into Play in Computer Game Development Sandra Plontke Open Access Download PDF	39
Safeguarding Children on the Online Gaming Platform MovieStarPlanet Vernon Jones and Estrid Sørensen Open Access Download PDF	67
Children’s Participation in the Development of Online Games Liam Berriman Open Access Download PDF	77
Part II Legal Computer Game Concerns
The Legal Framework for Computer Games and Child Protection in Germany Stephan Dreyer Open Access Download PDF	95
The Political and Legal Basis for Labelling of Computer Games in Denmark Claus Hjorth Open Access Download PDF	113
Textual Co-Construction of Game and Player in German Rating Decisions Jan Schank Open Access Download PDF	119
The Privatization of Age Classification Anne Mette Thorhauge Open Access Download PDF	137
Prizes, Endorsements and Recommendations: Positive Regulation of Computer Games Felix Raczkowski Open Access Download PDF	149
Part III Family Computer Game Concerns
The Multiple, Volatile and Ambiguous Effects of Children’s and Young People’s Digital Play Dorte Marie Søndergaard Open Access Download PDF	165
The Micro-Politics of Time in Young People’s Talk About Gaming Pål Aarsand Open Access Download PDF	185
Parenting for Digital Literacy in Denmark and Germany: Between Techno-Invitationalism and Techno-Protectionism Niklas Alexander Chimirri Open Access Download PDF	205
Between Fears and Needs for Information: German Parents’ Computer Game Concerns Alexander Martin and Sandra Aßmann Open Access Download PDF	231
And Yet Children Play: Echoing Voices of Computer Game Concerns in Barcelona Adriana Gil-Juárez and Joel Feliu Open Access Download PDF	247
Part IV Scientific Computer Game Concerns
Does Exposure to Violence in Entertainment Media Make People Aggressive? Tobias Rothmund, Malte Elson, Markus Appel, Julia Kneer, Jan Pfetsch, Frank Schneider and Carmen Zahn Open Access Download PDF	267
Psychology’s Multiple Concerns About Research on the Effects of Media Violence Estrid Sørensen, Malte Elson and Tobias Rothmund Open Access Download PDF	283
From Concerns About Addiction to the Internet Gaming Disorder Diagnosis1 Rune Kristian Lundedal Nielsen Open Access Download PDF	295
No Worries? Game Research in Denmark 1984-2014 Espen Aarseth and Emil Lundedal Hammar Open Access Download PDF	311
Concerned with Computer Games: A Collective Analysis of Being and Becoming Gamer in Denmark Niklas Alexander Chimirri, Mads Lund Andersen, Tine Jensen, DorteMarie Søndergaard and Anders Emil Wulff Kristiansen Open Access Download PDF	327
About the Authors Open Access Download PDF	349

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 358
Keywords: Science & Technology Studies; Matters of Concern; Comparison; Denmark; Germany; Computer Game Violence; Computer Game Addiction; Media; Youth; Sociology of Science; Law; Media Studies

eBook

Published: May 27, 2018
ISBN: 9783839439340