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Playing along : digital games, YouTube, and virtual performance / Kiri Miller.

Miller, Kiri.
2012
GV1469.3 .M55 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
Playing along : digital games, YouTube, and virtual performance / Kiri Miller.
Author
Miller, Kiri.
ISBN
9780199753468 paperback
0199753466 paperback
9780199753451
0199753458
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Language
English
Description
xi, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Call Number
GV1469.3 .M55 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
794.8
Summary
Why don't Guitar Hero players just pick up real guitars? What happens when millions of people play the role of a young black gang member in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? How are YouTube-ased music lessons changing the nature of amateur musicianship? This book is about play, performance, and participatory culture in the digital age. The author shows how video games and social media are bridging virtual and visceral experience, creating dispersed communities who forge meaningful connections by "playing along" with popular culture. This book reveals how digital media are brought to bear in the transmission of embodied knowledge: how a Grand Theft Auto player uses a virtual radio to hear with her avatar's ears; how a Guitar Hero player channels the experience of a live rock performer; and how a beginning guitar student translates a two-dimensional, pre-recorded online music lesson into three-dimensional physical practice and an intimate relationship with a distant teacher. Through a series of ethnographic case studies, the author demonstrates that our everyday experiences with interactive digital media are gradually transforming our understanding of musicality, creativity, play, and participation. The book: Illuminates the actual experiences of everyday players/practitioners, instead of relying on abstract theory; Demonstrates deep connections between playing games, playing music, and playing a theatrical role; Shows how Web 2.0 platforms provide new channels for teaching and learning; Features an extensive companion website with audio and video examples.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Oxford music/media series.
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On-Campus Resources > Books
All Resources
Playing Along with Grand theft Auto: Straight outta ganton: virtual tourism, fieldwork, and performance ; Jacking the dial: radio, race, and place in San Andreas.
Playing Along with Guitar hero and Rock Band: How musical is Guitar Hero? ; Just add performance, staging schizophonia.
Playing Along With Communities of Practice: Music lessons 2.0 ; Amateur-to-amateur
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