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CMS.998 Videogame Theory and Analysis | Comparative Media Studies/Writing
This course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary study of commercial videogames as texts, examining their cultural, educational, and social functions in contemporary settings. Students play and analyze videogames while examining debates surrounding how games function within socially situated contexts. Readings include contemporary game theory (Gee, Squire, Steinkuehler, Jenkins, Klopfer, Zimmerman and Salen, Juul, Bartle, Taylor, Aarseth) and the completion of a contemporary commercial videogame chosen in consultation with the instructor.
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- Material Type:
- Online Course
- Date Added to MERLOT:
- May 12, 2016
- Date Modified in MERLOT:
- June 19, 2019
- Author:
- Robison, Alice
- Submitter:
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Barbra Bied Sperling
- Primary Audience:
- College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School
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- Website
- Mobile Compatibility:
- Not specified at this time
- Language:
- English
- Cost Involved:
- No
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- No
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- No
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This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States
