[Dutch-chapter] ECREA Working Group Digital Games Research

[Jan Van Looy]

Hi all,

This may be of interest. The 2011 Annual Report of the ECREA Working Group
Digital Games Research has just been published at ECREA's website:
http://www.ecrea.eu/index.php/archive/download/filename/twg_digital_games_re
search_report_2011.pdf

Excerpt from the mission statement:
The "Digital Games Research" Working Group serves as a Europe-wide network
for researchers and educators interested in the analysis of all kinds of
digital games and gaming. Digital games, as the core topic of the group,
encompasses a wide range of interactive  entertainment formats and is not
limited to a singular end-device or a specific platform, format or genre.
The group is interested in digital games as a medium, and in their use, form
and content, approaching them from a social-scientific perspective with an
emphasis on communicative aspects. In contrast to traditional forms of media
entertainment, all digital games require some form of user activity. In this
respect, digital games are distinct and require original theoretical and
empirical approaches.
The group welcomes diverse approaches to the field, from
theoretical/critical works and methodological discussions to quantitative
and qualitative empirical studies. Given the innovative and
cross-disciplinary nature of the group's core subject, research is
encouraged beyond the limitations of traditional disciplinary boundaries, as
well as quality research in the fields of communication and media studies,
ethnology, sociology, psychology, political sciences, business studies,
education studies, and related social sciences.
http://www.digital-games.eu/

If you would like to stay up to date, you can check the Facebook group.
 <http://www.facebook.com/groups/digitalgames/>
http://www.facebook.com/groups/digitalgames/

If you would like to join the ECREA group
 <http://www.digital-games.eu/?page_id=67>
http://www.digital-games.eu/?page_id=67

Have a nice year end and beginning.

Best regards,

Jan




 

 

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