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I think a lot of you would really enjoy this class and take away some important information regarding technology and society.
Play and Technology.
INFO 490 CSU / SPCM 496 CS* -- Prof. Sandvig, Fall 2008
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
This course considers play and new media technology, with many examples drawn from electronic gaming. The course investigates play as communication, the history of mediated play, competing social scientific and philosophical theories of play, the structure of games, and the societal consequences of mediated play. Both children and adults are considered. The course is organized around competing theoretical understandings of play (e.g., play as development, fate/chance, power, identity, fantasy, self-fulfillment, nonsense), and will be illustrated with examples from technologies of play, including both historical and current examples. The final part of the course will consider the design of playful technologies. A final project is required. Open to all majors with no prerequisites. (* Graduate students must enroll in SPCM 496 CSG.)
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