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Autor/in | Schroeder, Jens |
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Titel | 'Killer Games' versus 'We Will Fund Violence'. The perception of digital games and mass media in Germany and Australia. 1. Aufl. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: 'Killer Games' versus 'We Will Fund Violence'. Die Perzeption digitaler Spiele und Massenmedien in Deutschland und Australien. |
Quelle | Frankfurt, Main u.a.: Lang (2011), 350 S. Zugl.: Potsdam, Hochsch. für Film und Fernsehen, Diss., 2010. |
Beigaben | Tabellen; Literatur- und URL-Angaben S. 325-350 |
Zusatzinformation | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
ISBN | 3-631-60611-7; 978-3-631-60611-7 |
Schlagwörter | Vergleich; Gesellschaft; Stereotyp; Gewalt; Kulturelle Identität; Rezeption; Kultureinfluss; Fernsehen; Film; Hörfunk; Massenmedien; Sozialer Konflikt; Computerspiel; Gleichheit; Migration; Nationalsozialismus; Soziokulturelle Bedingung; Diskurs; Hochschulschrift; Konzeption; Australien; Deutschland |
Abstract | While the assessment of digital games in Germany is framed by a high-culture critique, which regards them as an 'illegitimate' activity, they are enjoyed by a wider demographic as a 'legitimate' pastime in Australia. The book analyses the social history of digital gaming in both countries and relates it to their socio-cultural traditions. Concerning social history, Australia almost depicts an inverse mirror image of Germany. Its foundational dynamics, closely associated with different egalitarianisms, led to a different form of distinctions than in Germany - a country whose national self-conception was closely related to groups which perpetuated an idealistic notion of Kultur and later integrated into a rigid class system. The book not only demonstrates how the discourses on games follow long-established patterns of rejection and approval of mass media but also regard them as an access to the inner workings of both societies. How the games are perceived tells us a lot about German and Australian identity. (DIPF/Orig.). |
Erfasst von | DIPF | Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main |
Update | 2012/1 |