Motivations in Play, Games and Sports
Author : Ralph Slovenko
Publisher :
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 18,75 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Psychology
ISBN :
Motivations in Play, Games and Sports
Author : Ralph Slovenko
Publisher :
Page : 745 pages
File Size : 29,31 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Play
ISBN :
Book Description
Sports, Games, and Play
Author : Jeffrey H. Goldstein
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 48,47 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1135832358
Book Description
This updated study of sports and recreation utilizes the most current research, introducing the latest innovations and analyses in new chapters while revising and expanding chapters from the previous edition. Presenting diverse methodological and conceptual approaches, this anthology reflects the current view of sports as a "natural laboratory" for ecologically valid research. This collection contains literature reviews, innovative theories and methods, and essays on various psychological and social aspects of sports, games, and organized play.
Playing Video Games
Author : Peter Vorderer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 24,97 MB
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1135257477
Book Description
From security training simulations to war games to role-playing games, to sports games to gambling, playing video games has become a social phenomena, and the increasing number of players that cross gender, culture, and age is on a dramatic upward trajectory. Playing Video Games: Motives, Responses, and Consequences integrates communication, psychology, and technology to examine the psychological and mediated aspects of playing video games. It is the first volume to delve deeply into these aspects of computer game play. It fits squarely into the media psychology arm of entertainment studies, the next big wave in media studies. The book targets one of the most popular and pervasive media in modern times, and it will serve to define the area of study and provide a theoretical spine for future research. This unique and timely volume will appeal to scholars, researchers, and graduate students in media studies and mass communication, psychology, and marketing.
Motivations in Play, Games and Sports. Edited by Ralph Slovenko ... James A. Knight ... With a Preface by Karl A. Menninger
Author : Ralph SLOVENKO (and KNIGHT (James Allen))
Publisher :
Page : 745 pages
File Size : 35,91 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Play
ISBN :
Book Description
Video Games
Author : Arthur Asa Berger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 22,77 MB
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1351299948
Book Description
From their inception, video games quickly became a major new arena of popular entertainment. Beginning with very primitive games, they quickly evolved into interactive animated works, many of which now approach film in terms of their visual excitement. But there are important differences, as Arthur Asa Berger makes clear in this important new work. Films are purely to be viewed, but video involves the player, moving from empathy to immersion, from being spectators to being actively involved in texts. Berger, a renowned scholar of popular culture, explores the cultural significance of the expanding popularity and sophistication of video games and considers the biological and psychoanalytic aspects of this phenomenon.Berger begins by tracing the evolution of video games from simple games like Pong to new, powerfully involving and complex ones like Myst and Half-Life. He notes how this evolution has built the video industry, which includes the hardware (game-playing consoles) and the software (the games themselves), to revenues comparable to the American film industry.
Changing the Game
Author : John O'Sullivan
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 38,67 MB
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1614486468
Book Description
The modern day youth sports environment has taken the enjoyment out of athletics for our children. Currently, 70% of kids drop out of organized sports by the age of 13, which has given rise to a generation of overweight, unhealthy young adults. There is a solution. John O’Sullivan shares the secrets of the coaches and parents who have not only raised elite athletes, but have done so by creating an environment that promotes positive core values and teaches life lessons instead of focusing on wins and losses, scholarships, and professional aspirations. Changing the Game gives adults a new paradigm and a game plan for raising happy, high performing children, and provides a national call to action to return youth sports to our kids.
Routledge Handbook of Sport Communication
Author : Paul Mark Pedersen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 23,45 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0415518199
Book Description
This text offers a survey of the discipline of sport communication. The authors explore communication within, through, and for sport in all its theoretical, conceptual, cultural, behavioral, practical and managerial aspects, tracing the contours of this expansive, transdisciplinary and international discipline and demonstrating that there are few aspects of sport that don't rely on effective communications. Including contributions from sport media and communications scholars and professionals from around the world, the book examines emerging media, social media, traditional (print, broadcast and screen) media, sociological themes in communication in sport, and management issues, at every level, from the interpersonal to communication within and between sport organisations and global institutions.--adapted from publisher's description.
The Psychology of Video Games
Author : Celia Hodent
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 26,46 MB
Release : 2020-10-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1000194760
Book Description
What impact can video games have on us as players? How does psychology influence video game creation? Why do some games become cultural phenomena? The Psychology of Video Games introduces the curious reader to the relationship between psychology and video games from the perspective of both game makers and players. Assuming no specialist knowledge, this concise, approachable guide is a starter book for anyone intrigued by what makes video games engaging and what is their psychological impact on gamers. It digests the research exploring the benefits gaming can have on players in relation to education and healthcare, considers the concerns over potential negative impacts such as pathological gaming, and concludes with some ethics considerations. With gaming being one of the most popular forms of entertainment today, The Psychology of Video Games shows the importance of understanding the human brain and its mental processes to foster ethical and inclusive video games.
Playing Games
Author : Randolph Feezell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 10,69 MB
Release : 2016-10-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1317423208
Book Description
What is sport? Why does sport matter? How can we use philosophy to understand what sport means today? This engaging and highly original introduction to the philosophy of sport uses dialogue – a form of philosophical investigation – to address the fundamental questions in sport studies and to explore key contemporary issues such as fair play, gender, drug use, cheating, entertainment and identity. Providing a clear, informative and accessible introduction to the philosophy of sport, every chapter includes current sporting examples as well as review questions and guides to further reading. The dialogue form enables students to engage in debate and raise questions, while encouraging them to think from the perspectives of athlete, coach, spectator and philosopher. The issues raised present real and complex ethical dilemmas that relate to a variety of sports from around the world such as soccer, athletics, baseball, basketball, hockey and tennis. No other book brings this rich subject to life through the use of dialogue, making this an indispensable companion to any course on the philosophy or ethics of sport.
