This book examines the use of social computer mediated communication with speakers of
Japanese via longitudinal case studies of up to four years. Through the analysis of over …

Video games are a major source of contact to English language and culture, and the need to
develop critical video game competency is high. This text presents reasons for (and defines) …

Since the growth of online gaming in the mid‐2000s, an increasing number of studies have
theorised that virtual game worlds provide an optimal environment for language learning …

Global interconnectedness is deeply related to electronic ubiquity, the technological
dependence that in recent decades has resulted in a smart phone in nearly every American …

Neste artigo apresentamos uma análise genealógica acerca da composição de movimentos
que se propõem a pensar a cibercultura enquanto ferramenta política usada para abrir …

Despite the rise in participation and economic importance of online games as a media
phenomenon, ever-growing virtual worlds that seemingly exist as" third places" for social …

How do visitors immersing themselves in material places such as shopping malls or video
sites online make sense of the experience, enabling criticizing-or consenting to content …

In this chapter, a particular perspective on cooperative play in multiplayer online games is
presented, and the complexity of interpretation, conflict, competition and player-to-player …

Les univers fictionnels qui accueillent les connexions à distance de plusieurs joueurs
comptent parmi les premières expériences de communication et de coopération à distance …

Digital games have drawn attention as second and foreign language (L2) tools for providing
pedagogical potentials such as authentic and meaningful language use and social learning …