An intimate study of the imaginative, subversive and often highly mischievous world of
British anti-militarismEngages with groups including Campaign Against Arms Trade, Stop …

The paper is aimed at proving the hypothesis that multimodal construction in video games
can follow specific discursive aims in the process of persuading game players. In order to …

This article explores the importance of videogames and their associated promotional media
for both militarism and the resulting opposition. It focuses on the games Medal of Honor and …

Military videogames play an important role in violent actors' communication strategies, and
while scholars have attempted to theorize their significance, too much attention is devoted to …

Drawing on Debord's the society of the spectacle and Evans and Giroux's notion of the
spectacle of violence, this paper argues that a discourse on war, organised violence, and …

International relations scholarship has long emphasized that popular culture can impact
public understandings and political realities. In this article, we explore these potentials in the …

Political scientists are increasingly engaged with the importance of the “visual turn,” asking
questions about how we understand what we see and the social and political consequences …

Abstract The “military shooter”(MS) video game is the latest in a long line of video games
that immerse the player in a fantasy world. Although the MS video game was once regarded …

Studies of popular culture have elucidated important insights about the extent to which
politics is constructed by entertainment media. Nevertheless, I contend that when it comes to …

The 2014 Israel-Gaza Conflict inspired the creation of over a dozen games for mobile
phones and tablets. These games, which allowed players to Bomb Gaza City, operate the …