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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
Social Games as Partial Platforms for Identity Co-Creation
Beteiligte:
Willson, Michele
Erschienen:
SAGE Publications, 2015
Erschienen in:
Media International Australia, 154 (2015) 1, Seite 15-24
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1177/1329878x1515400104
ISSN:
1329-878X;
2200-467X
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Beschreibung:
While social games such as Zynga's FarmVille are often positioned as poor gaming experiences or as disguised financial and data-extraction processes (Bogost, 2010; Rossi, 2009), this article considers social games as part of a wider regime of social interaction and creative identity work. By definition, social games are located within extensive online social networks. Gameplay is thus situated within a number of overlapping contexts: the game, the broader social network and the material conditions of access, including different devices (mobile or desktop) and different locations. Moreover, given widely discussed differences between social game players and console- and PC-based game players (Wohn, 2011: 199), and game-play mechanics, these broader contexts further a reading of social gameplay as part of the diverse millieux of everyday life. The article argues that social games are spaces of creative expression, social dynamics and identity co-creation that cannot be understood without considering their broader contexts.