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Another world is possible: building games for just futures 另一个世界是可能的:为未来创造游戏

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Critical Studies in Media Communication Pub Date : 2022-05-27 DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2022.2080849

Alexandrina Agloro

引用次数: 1

The metaverse, but not the way you think: game engines and automation beyond game development 虚拟世界，但不是你想的那样:游戏引擎和自动化超越了游戏开发

IF 1 2区文学

Critical Studies in Media Communication Pub Date : 2022-05-27 DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2022.2080850

Aleena Chia

引用次数: 16

Beyond deviance: toxic gaming culture and the potential for positive change 超越越轨:有毒的游戏文化和积极改变的潜力

IF 1 2区文学

Critical Studies in Media Communication Pub Date : 2022-05-27 DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2022.2080848

Kelly Boudreau

引用次数: 5

Diversity is not a win-condition 多样性并不是一个双赢的条件

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Critical Studies in Media Communication Pub Date : 2022-05-27 DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2022.2080852

Tara Fickle, Christopher B. Patterson

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引用次数: 1

Unmanning: how humans, machines, and media perform drone warfare 无人驾驶:人类、机器和媒体如何进行无人机战争

IF 1 2区文学

Critical Studies in Media Communication Pub Date : 2022-05-26 DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2022.2058763

Ned O’Gorman

引用次数: 0

I’m gonna wreck it, again: the false dichotomy of “healthy” and “toxic” masculinity in Ralph Breaks the Internet 我要再一次破坏它:《拉尔夫打破互联网》中“健康”和“有毒”男子气概的错误二分法

IF 1 2区文学

Critical Studies in Media Communication Pub Date : 2022-05-19 DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2022.2067347

Max Dosser

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引用次数: 1

Julio torres and the queer potentialities of U.S. Central American representation 胡里奥·托雷斯和美国中美洲代表的酷儿潜力

IF 1 2区文学

Critical Studies in Media Communication Pub Date : 2022-05-10 DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2022.2070230

Nathan Rossi

引用次数: 0

Journey to the stars program: the gendered and generational governance of professionalization on Wattpad 星际之旅:Wattpad职业化的性别和代际治理

IF 1 2区文学

Critical Studies in Media Communication Pub Date : 2022-05-06 DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2022.2069279

Anthony Twarog

引用次数: 1

White masculinity in the “New Cold War”: reading Rocky IV and White Nights as multidirectional memories “新冷战”中的白人男子气概:将《洛奇4》和《白夜》解读为多向记忆

IF 1 2区文学

Critical Studies in Media Communication Pub Date : 2022-04-25 DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2022.2059540

D. Valkanova

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White secularity: the racialization of religion in Netflix’s Unorthodox 白人世俗主义:奈飞《非正统》中宗教的种族化

IF 1 2区文学

Critical Studies in Media Communication Pub Date : 2022-04-06 DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2022.2056217

Elaine Schnabel

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