The Game of Loyalt(o)y
Diversions and Divisions in Network Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3213154 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Celia Lury (0000-0001-7630-5597, Goldsmiths College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 301-320 |
| Publication date | 2003-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-954x.00422 |
| OpenAlex | W1697435898 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
This paper maps the biography of a new media product as a way of exploring how a network society is emerging. While Castells identifies the importance of the spirit of informationalism, he leaves the ethics of this culture relatively under-developed. Focusing on the development of a computer game for employee training purposes, the paper argues that some of the characteristics of play - its holding or hooking power, its ability to break down the distinction between pretence and belief, and its role in the development of gaming skills - may be relevant here. It further suggests that play has the potential to contribute to divisions as well as to diversions, and in this way contribute to the dis-embedding and re-embedding of individuals, and to changes in relations of power and inequality
Biography · Embedding · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Inequality · Political science · Power (physics) · Product (mathematics) · Social science · Sociology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Law · Philosophy · Political theory and Gramsci · Social Media and Politics
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Risk society
Homo ludens
The rise of soft capitalism
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Business as usual
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2005 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |