Centre for Culture and Technology (CCAT) 2014
Seminars
Social network games and the everyday
Presenter:
Associate Professor Michele Willson: Head of Department, MCCA, Curtin
University.
Abstract:
This talk explores some of the ways in which social network games – games played with others through social networks such as Facebook – are situated within the everyday, It argues that social games are more
than just games; they perform a range of interactive and integrative functions across and within people’s lives and therefore need to be investigated as such. Social games enable spaces for and practices of creative expression, and identity management. They
also form a mechanism through which relations can be enacted and maintained across and outside of the game environment. This argument requires the researcher to consider the panoply of ways in which people integrate social games within their lives and everyday
practices. Part of a larger project, this particular talk will explore some findings from an exploratory survey of Australian game players about their management and integration of game play within the everyday.
Date
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Monday 1 December 2014
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Time
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12.30 pm – 1.30 pm
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Venue
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104.101/2:LT
(across the passage way from Common Grounds Restaurant, Curtin University
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