Portable Play in Everyday Life
Samuel Tobin
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Description for Portable Play in Everyday Life
Hardcover. People play mobile games everywhere and at any time. Tobin examines this media practice through the players directly using the lens of the players and practice of the Nintendo DS system. He argues for the primacy of context for understanding how digital play functions in today's society, emphasizing location, "killing-time," and mobile communities. Num Pages: 136 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
People play mobile games everywhere and at any time. Tobin examines this media practice through the players directly using the lens of the players and practice of the Nintendo DS system. He argues for the primacy of context for understanding how digital play functions in today's society, emphasizing location, "killing-time," and mobile communities.
People play mobile games everywhere and at any time. Tobin examines this media practice through the players directly using the lens of the players and practice of the Nintendo DS system. He argues for the primacy of context for understanding how digital play functions in today's society, emphasizing location, "killing-time," and mobile communities.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
Number of Pages
130
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137396587
SKU
V9781137396587
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99-15
About Samuel Tobin
Samuel Tobin is Assistant Professor of Communications and Media at Fitchburg State University, USA.
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