Democracy dies playfully: three questions: introductory thoughts on the papers assembled and beyond

In this introduction to the special issue, we trace the digital game’s potential to represent (un)democratic political systems. We pose three central questions: Is the digital game an undemocratic medium? Is digital game development undemocratic? And: Are digital game communities undemocratic? By an...

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Nebentitel:Special Issue: "Democracy Dies Playfully: (Anti-)Democratic Ideas in and Around Video Games"
VerfasserInnen: Pfister, Eugen (VerfasserIn) ; Winnerling, Tobias (VerfasserIn) ; Zimmermann, Felix 1993- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: 2020
In: Gamevironments
Jahr: 2020, Band: 13, Seiten: 1-34
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Videospiel / Spieler / Gemeinschaft / Demokratie / Politische Identität
RelBib Classification:ZC Politik
ZG Medienwissenschaft; Digitalität; Kommunikationswissenschaft
weitere Schlagwörter:B gamevironments
B game mechanics
B Political systems
B Game Studies
B procedural rhetoric
B Democracy
B game communities
B game development
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Zusammenfassung:In this introduction to the special issue, we trace the digital game’s potential to represent (un)democratic political systems. We pose three central questions: Is the digital game an undemocratic medium? Is digital game development undemocratic? And: Are digital game communities undemocratic? By answering these three questions, we engage with the implications of different digital game’s narratives and game mechanics, with common concerns about working conditions in game development as well as with group dynamics in game communities. In every section, the contributions to this special issue are presented and linked to these overarching themes.
ISSN:2364-382X
Enthält:Enthalten in: Gamevironments
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.26092/elib/400