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Against Flow
Video Games and the Flowing Subject
Buch von Braxton Soderman
Sprache: Englisch

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A critical discussion of the experience and theory of flow (as conceptualized by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) in video games.

Flow--as conceptualized by the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi--describes an experience of "being in the zone," of intense absorption in an activity. It is a central concept in the study of video games, although often applied somewhat uncritically. In Against Flow, Braxton Soderman takes a step back and offers a critical assessment of flow's historical, theoretical, political, and ideological contexts in relation to video games. With close readings of games that implement and represent flow, Soderman not only evaluates the concept of flow in terms of video games but also presents a general critique of flow and its sibling, play.
A critical discussion of the experience and theory of flow (as conceptualized by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) in video games.

Flow--as conceptualized by the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi--describes an experience of "being in the zone," of intense absorption in an activity. It is a central concept in the study of video games, although often applied somewhat uncritically. In Against Flow, Braxton Soderman takes a step back and offers a critical assessment of flow's historical, theoretical, political, and ideological contexts in relation to video games. With close readings of games that implement and represent flow, Soderman not only evaluates the concept of flow in terms of video games but also presents a general critique of flow and its sibling, play.
Über den Autor
Braxton Soderman is Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies in the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1 An Introduction to the Ideology of Flow 27
2 Flow, Alienation, and the Politics of Enjoyment 65
3 Streams of Consumption: Video Games and Televisual Flow 103
4 Flow, Play, and Critical Distance 139
5 Playfulness Untamed: Innovation, Play, and Flow in Independent
Games 175
Conclusion: The Critical Futures of Flow 211
Notes 243
References 273
Index 305
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780262045506
ISBN-10: 0262045508
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Soderman, Braxton
Hersteller: MIT Press Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße: 234 x 158 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Braxton Soderman
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.04.2021
Gewicht: 0,614 kg
Artikel-ID: 120330089
Über den Autor
Braxton Soderman is Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies in the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1 An Introduction to the Ideology of Flow 27
2 Flow, Alienation, and the Politics of Enjoyment 65
3 Streams of Consumption: Video Games and Televisual Flow 103
4 Flow, Play, and Critical Distance 139
5 Playfulness Untamed: Innovation, Play, and Flow in Independent
Games 175
Conclusion: The Critical Futures of Flow 211
Notes 243
References 273
Index 305
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780262045506
ISBN-10: 0262045508
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Soderman, Braxton
Hersteller: MIT Press Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße: 234 x 158 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Braxton Soderman
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.04.2021
Gewicht: 0,614 kg
Artikel-ID: 120330089
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