Playful Culture and the Glamorization of Everyday (Virtual) Life: Elements of Play in Facebook Applications

In the general frame of a “ludification of culture” (Raessens 1) we are witnessing the rise of hybrid entertainment products such as Facebook Applications, media phenomena difficult to define as “games” or “play”, that carry a large share in the responsibility for social interaction within social ne...

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Autor principal:	Valentina Rao
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Publicado:	University of Edinburgh 2008
Materias:	Fine Arts N Language and Literature P
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f84583771245435fbc515956a027ee402021-11-23T09:46:01ZPlayful Culture and the Glamorization of Everyday (Virtual) Life: Elements of Play in Facebook Applications1749-9771https://doaj.org/article/f84583771245435fbc515956a027ee402008-08-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.forumjournal.org/article/view/602https://doaj.org/toc/1749-9771In the general frame of a “ludification of culture” (Raessens 1) we are witnessing the rise of hybrid entertainment products such as Facebook Applications, media phenomena difficult to define as “games” or “play”, that carry a large share in the responsibility for social interaction within social networks. Are Facebook Applications and its clones in other networks like Bebo or MySpace a form of casual games, are they “just for fun”, how do they participate in the general cultural trend that incorporates play elements in non-play environments? This paper, in order to answer these questions, relates to the two separated fields of game studies and media sociology, with the aim of gaining a better understanding of the role of play in media culture, as well as enter the recent discussion on casual games from a lateral perspective, introducing elements from media psychology and anthropology. This presentation is preliminary to a qualitative research on the use of Facebook Applications among Facebook users, whose results are still not complete.Valentina RaoUniversity of EdinburgharticleFine ArtsNLanguage and LiteraturePENForum (2008)
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description	In the general frame of a “ludification of culture” (Raessens 1) we are witnessing the rise of hybrid entertainment products such as Facebook Applications, media phenomena difficult to define as “games” or “play”, that carry a large share in the responsibility for social interaction within social networks. Are Facebook Applications and its clones in other networks like Bebo or MySpace a form of casual games, are they “just for fun”, how do they participate in the general cultural trend that incorporates play elements in non-play environments? This paper, in order to answer these questions, relates to the two separated fields of game studies and media sociology, with the aim of gaining a better understanding of the role of play in media culture, as well as enter the recent discussion on casual games from a lateral perspective, introducing elements from media psychology and anthropology. This presentation is preliminary to a qualitative research on the use of Facebook Applications among Facebook users, whose results are still not complete.
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title	Playful Culture and the Glamorization of Everyday (Virtual) Life: Elements of Play in Facebook Applications
title_short	Playful Culture and the Glamorization of Everyday (Virtual) Life: Elements of Play in Facebook Applications
title_full	Playful Culture and the Glamorization of Everyday (Virtual) Life: Elements of Play in Facebook Applications
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title_full_unstemmed	Playful Culture and the Glamorization of Everyday (Virtual) Life: Elements of Play in Facebook Applications
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Playful Culture and the Glamorization of Everyday (Virtual) Life: Elements of Play in Facebook Applications

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