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Why we watch : the attractions of violent entertainment
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ISBN: 0195118219 Year: 1998 Publisher: Oxford Oxford university press

The unshackled organization : facing the challenge of unpredictability through spontaneous reorganization.
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ISBN: 156327048X Year: 1994 Publisher: Portland Productivity Press

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Sports, games, and play : social and psychological viewpoints
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ISBN: 0470266023 Year: 1979 Publisher: Hillsdale Erlbaum


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Handbook of computer game studies.
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ISBN: 9780262182409 Year: 2005 Publisher: London MIT press

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New media students, teachers, and professionals have long needed a comprehensive scholarly treatment of digital games that deals with the history, design, reception, and aesthetics of games along with their social and cultural context. The Handbook of Computer Game Studies fills this need with a definitive look at the subject from a broad range of perspectives. Contributors come from cognitive science and artificial intelligence, developmental, social, and clinical psychology, history, film, theater, and literary studies, cultural studies, and philosophy as well as game design and development. The text includes both scholarly articles and journalism from such well-known voices as Douglas Rushkoff, Sherry Turkle, Henry Jenkins, Katie Salen, Eric Zimmerman, and others. Part I considers the "prehistory" of computer games (including slot machines and pinball machines), the development of computer games themselves, and the future of mobile gaming. The chapters in part II describe game development from the designer's point of view, including the design of play elements, an analysis of screenwriting, and game-based learning. Part III reviews empirical research on the psychological effects of computer games, and includes a discussion of the use of computer games in clinical and educational settings. Part IV considers the aesthetics of games in comparison to film and literature, and part V discusses the effect of computer games on cultural identity, including gender and ethnicity. Finally, part VI looks at the relation of computer games to social behavior, considering, among other matters, the inadequacy of laboratory experiments linking games and aggression and the different modes of participation in computer game culture.

Toys, play, and child development
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ISBN: 0521455642 0521450624 0511527616 Year: 1994 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Anything to do with children's entertainment is a source of controversy: children's television programmes, musical preferences, and leisure activities are frequent sources of debate. Toys and play are often singled out for attention, particularly war toys, sex-typed toys, and video games with aggressive themes. Are these harmful to children? Are they addictive? Alternatively, can parents facilitate children's learning with educational toys? Toys, Play, and Child Development explores these and other questions. Parental attitudes and reactions towards war toys are described, as are the children's views themselves. Toys and play are shown to contribute to the development of language, imagination, and intellectual achievement and to be effective in child psychotherapy.


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Sports, games, and play : social and psychological viewpoints
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ISBN: 0898598753 Year: 1989 Publisher: Hilsdale (NJ) ; Hove : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates [LEA],

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Aggression and crimes of violence
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ISBN: 0195039432 Year: 1986 Publisher: New York (N.Y.): Oxford university press

Why we watch : the attractions of violent entertainment
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ISBN: 1280471085 0195353447 1602562563 9781602562561 9780195353440 9780195118209 0195118200 9781280471087 9780195118216 0195118219 9786610471089 6610471088 1423739019 9781423739012 0195118200 0195118219 0197726836 Year: 2023 Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press,

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This collection of essays examines the many facets of violence in contemporary American culture, ranging across literature, film, philosophy, photojournalism and other media. It offers a consideration of why we are drawn to depictions of violence and why there is a market for violent entertainment.

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