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CMS.600 Videogame Theory and Analysis | Comparative Media Studies/Writing

This course will serve as an introduction to the interdisciplinary academic study of videogames, examining their cultural, educational, and social functions in contemporary settings. By playing, analyzing, and reading and writing about videogames, we will examine debates surrounding how they function within socially situated contexts in order to better understand games' influence on and reflections of society. Readings will include contemporary videogame theory and the completion of a contemporary commercial videogame chosen in consultation with the instructor.

Keywords:: gaming, gender, video game, race, storytelling, simulation, critical analysis, massively multiplayer online game, media, computer games, Digital Media, online game, MMOG, cultural studies, Game Design, critical theory, game culture, student work

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Humanities / English / Language / Composition and Rhetoric

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Material Type:: Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:: May 12, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: April 8, 2019
Author:: Robison, Alice
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School
Technical Format:: Website
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Language:: English
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