Playful Culture and the Glamorization of Everyday (Virtual) Life: Elements of Play in Facebook Applications
In the general frame of a “ludification of culture” (Raessens 1) we are witnessing the rise of hybrid entertainment products such as Facebook Applications, media phenomena difficult to define as “games” or “play”, that carry a large share in the responsibility for social interaction within social ne...
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University of Edinburgh
2008-08-01
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| Series: | Forum |
| Online Access: | http://journals.ed.ac.uk/forum/article/view/602 |