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dc.contributor.authorWillson, Michele
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T14:55:25Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T14:55:25Z
dc.date.created2015-08-23T20:00:39Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationWillson, M. 2015. Situating social games in the everyday: an Australian perspective. Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia. 14 (1): pp. 57-69.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41800
dc.identifier.doi10.17477/jcea.2015.14.1.057
dc.description.abstract

This paper explores some of the ways in which social games - games played with others through social network sites 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 en-able 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 paper explores some findings from an exploratory survey of Australian game play-ers about their management and integration of game play within the everyday with a particular focus on gender.

dc.publisherJCEA Online
dc.subjectsocial network games
dc.subjectsocial games
dc.subjectgender
dc.titleSituating social games in the everyday: an Australian perspective
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume14
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage57
dcterms.source.endPage69
dcterms.source.issn2383-9449
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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This open access article is distributed under the Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

curtin.departmentSchool of Media, Culture and Creative Arts
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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