Cultures of Computer Game Concerns

Front matter

MatteRealities/VerKörperungen

Perspectives from Empirical Science Studies

Estrid Sørensen (ed.) Cultures of

Inhalt

Introduction: Computer Games and Children — Concerns, Infrastructures and Cultures | 9

Estrid Sørensen

PARTI INDUSTRY COMPUTER GAME CONCERNS

If {battleState = BattleState.standby}: Bringing the Gamer Into Play in Computer Game Development | 39

Safeguarding Children on the Online Gaming Platform MovieStarPlanet | 67

Estrid Sørensen & Vernon Jones

Part II Legal Computer Game Concerns

The Legal Framework for Computer Games and Child Protection in Germany | 95

The Political and Legal Basis for Labelling of Computer Games in Denmark | 113

Claus Hjorth

Textual Co-Construction of Game and Player in German Rating Decisions | 119

Prizes, Endorsements and Recommendations: Positive Regulation of Computer Games | 149

Felix Raczkowski

Part III Family Computer Game Concerns

The Multiple, Volatile and Ambiguous Effects of Children’s and Young People’s Digital Play | 165

The Micro-Politics of Time in Young People’s Talk About Gaming | 185

Parenting for Digital Literacy in Denmark and Germany: Between Techno-Invitationalism and Techno-Protectionism | 205

Between Fears and Needs for Information: German Parents’ Computer Game Concerns | 231

Alexander Martin & Sandra ABmann

And Yet Children Play: Echoing Voices of Computer Game Concerns in Barcelona | 247

Adriana Gil-Juarez & Joel Feliu