Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Krankheit in digitalen Spielen hat viele Facetten - egal ob psychisch oder somatisch. Ihre Darstellung fußt dabei auf Prozessen, die gesellschaftliches Wissen zu Krankheiten aufgreifen und gemäß der Eigenlogik digitaler Spiele verändern. Ästhetik, Narration und Spielmechanik partizipieren so an Kämpfen um Deutungshoheiten zwischen der Tradierung stigmatisierender Krankheitsvorstellungen einerseits und selbstreflexivem Empowerment andererseits. Die Beiträger*innen dieses ersten Sammelbandes zum Thema widmen sich theoretischen, analytischen und praktischen Fragestellungen rund um die Bedeutungsvielfalt von Krankheitskonstruktionen in digitalen Spielen aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive. O-Ton: »Mit Krankheiten beschäftigt sich der Mensch sogar in der Freizeit gerne« - Arno Görgen und Stefan Heinrich im Interview bei RaBe-Info am 13.11.2020. O-Ton: »Zwischen Health-Bar und Selbsthilfe« - Arno Görgen im Gespräch bei Deutschlandfunk Corso am 18.09.2020. Besprochen in: www.podcast.de, Pixeldiskurs, 12.09.2020 http://marburg.news, 17.09.2020 Psychologie heute, 3 (2021) merz, 65/1 (2021), Judith Strohmayer

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies. --- Aesthetics. --- Biopolitics. --- Body. --- Cancer. --- Clinic. --- Clinical Picture. --- Cultural Studies. --- Game Development. --- Game Mechanics. --- Health. --- Hospital. --- Illness. --- Infection. --- Knowledge Transfer. --- Media. --- Medications. --- Medicine. --- Narration. --- Pandemic. --- Pathographie. --- Popular Culture. --- Psychiatry. --- Self-care. --- Sociology of Medicine. --- Computerspiele; Krankheit; Gesundheit; Medien; Medikamente; Wissenstransfer; Pathographie; Psychiatrie; Krankenhaus; Klinik; Narration; Krankheitsbild; Infektion; Krebs; Pandemie; Selbstfürsorge; Biopolitik; Spielentwicklung; Ästhetik; Spielmechanik; Popkultur; Medizin; Körper; Medizinsoziologie; Kulturwissenschaft; Computer Games; Illness; Health; Media; Medications; Knowledge Transfer; Psychiatry; Hospital; Clinic; Clinical Picture; Infection; Cancer; Pandemic; Self-care; Biopolitics; Game Development; Aesthetics; Game Mechanics; Popular Culture; Medicine; Body; Sociology of Medicine; Cultural Studies

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This Open Access book provides a comprehensive review of the rapidly developing esport phenomenon by examining one of its contemporary flagship titles, Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment 2016), through three central themes and from a rich variety of research methods and perspectives. As a game with more than 40 million individual players, an annual international World Cup, and a franchised professional league with teams from Canada, China, Europe, South Korea, and the US, Overwatch provides a multifaceted perspective to the cultural, social, and economic topics associated with the development of esports, which has begun to attract attention from both commercial and academic audiences. A decade ago, it was still somewhat conventional to start a study by writing how “esports is a novel phenomenon.” As today more than a thousand studies have been published on esports, including several books and special issues, the need for more specific case studies keeps increasing. This multidisciplinary and multi-methodological book on Overwatch responds to that need. With 15 authors from various backgrounds, the book provides a far-reaching analysis of Overwatch and its modes of engagement. Ten chapters provide a foundation for understanding how a title like Overwatch operates both as an esport and a more general entertainment product at the same time. Maria Ruotsalainen is a PhD candidate at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Her dissertation focuses on Overwatch Esports, gender, and nationality. She has had articles published by the Men and Masculinities, European Journal of Cultural Studies, and Games and Culture. Dr. Maria Törhönen is a researcher and a project manager at Tampere University, Finland. Maria’s research focuses on the merger of work and play, especially in the context of streaming and esports. Maria is also a founding and board member of the Esports Research Network and has worked in game development prior to her academic career. Veli-Matti Karhulahti is Senior Researcher at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and holds an Adjunct Professorship at the University of Turku, Finland. His research tackles gaming, play, and technology use in many ways, and he is the author of Esport Play: Anticipation, Attachment, and Addiction in Psycholudic Development (2020).

Games. --- Popular Culture. --- Games Studies. --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture --- Children --- Children's games --- Games, Primitive --- Games for children --- Pastimes --- Primitive games --- Recreations --- Entertaining --- Physical education and training --- Amusements --- Play --- Sports --- Game culture --- Game studies --- Overwatch --- Game development --- Digital culture --- Digital media --- esports --- Open Access