Playful Identities, or the Ludification of Culture Export

@article{citeulike:3596961, abstract = {One of the main aims of game studies is to investigate to what extent and in what ways computer games are currently transforming the understanding of and the actual construction of personal and cultural identities. Computer games and other digital technologies such as mobile phones and the Internet seem to stimulate playful goals and to facilitate the construction of playful identities. This transformation advances the ludification of today's culture in the spirit of Johan Huizinga's homo ludens. 10.1177/1555412005281779}, author = {Raessens, Joost}, citeulike-article-id = {3596961}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1555412005281779}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/1/1/52}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1555412005281779}, journal = {Games and Culture}, keywords = {culture, games, play}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {52--57}, posted-at = {2009-07-01 21:53:16}, priority = {4}, title = {Playful Identities, or the Ludification of Culture}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1555412005281779}, volume = {1}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3596961 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3596961 N2 - One of the main aims of game studies is to investigate to what extent and in what ways computer games are currently transforming the understanding of and the actual construction of personal and cultural identities. Computer games and other digital technologies such as mobile phones and the Internet seem to stimulate playful goals and to facilitate the construction of playful identities. This transformation advances the ludification of today's culture in the spirit of Johan Huizinga's homo ludens. 10.1177/1555412005281779 IS - 1 JF - Games and Culture EP - 57 TI - Playful Identities, or the Ludification of Culture VL - 1 SP - 52 KW - culture KW - games KW - play AU - Raessens, Joost PY - 2006/01/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1555412005281779 ER -