Sociability and cyberspace gaming : an exploratory study
This study revisits Georg Simmel's concept of sociability and Johan Huizinga's ideas of play in contemporary society, specifically in the area of online gaming. The artificial world of sociability and play show how insights by Simmel and Huizinga are still relevant in the present. Play sim...
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| author | Cai, Junting |
| author2 | Kwok Kian Woon Anthony |
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| description | This study revisits Georg Simmel's concept of sociability and Johan Huizinga's ideas of play in contemporary society, specifically in the area of online gaming. The artificial world of sociability and play show how insights by Simmel and Huizinga are still relevant in the present. Play simulates the aspects of real life, allowing for experimentations without fear of consequence. Yet, real life principles such as self advancement also affect play, changing the way players view fun. Against the contemporary culture of instrumental rationality, the author argues that play and sociability in online gaming have been influenced and the ethics of play compromised. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/193092019-12-10T13:13:15Z Sociability and cyberspace gaming : an exploratory study Cai, Junting Kwok Kian Woon Anthony School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Culture This study revisits Georg Simmel's concept of sociability and Johan Huizinga's ideas of play in contemporary society, specifically in the area of online gaming. The artificial world of sociability and play show how insights by Simmel and Huizinga are still relevant in the present. Play simulates the aspects of real life, allowing for experimentations without fear of consequence. Yet, real life principles such as self advancement also affect play, changing the way players view fun. Against the contemporary culture of instrumental rationality, the author argues that play and sociability in online gaming have been influenced and the ethics of play compromised. Bachelor of Arts 2009-12-03T08:40:08Z 2009-12-03T08:40:08Z 2009 2009 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/19309 en Nanyang Technological University 31 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Culture Cai, Junting Sociability and cyberspace gaming : an exploratory study |
| title | Sociability and cyberspace gaming : an exploratory study |
| title_full | Sociability and cyberspace gaming : an exploratory study |
| title_fullStr | Sociability and cyberspace gaming : an exploratory study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sociability and cyberspace gaming : an exploratory study |
| title_short | Sociability and cyberspace gaming : an exploratory study |
| title_sort | sociability and cyberspace gaming an exploratory study |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Culture |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/19309 |
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