{"product_id":"gamer-citizens-9781032371337","title":"Gamer Citizens","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the politics of being a gamer in the digital age with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ean in-depth study of the communities of gamers who populate live-video\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estreaming sites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis text offers an innovative theoretical and methodological study of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egamers in their community. It explores gamers as citizens and asks how gamers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eare political in view of their activities on stream. Ilya Brookwell examines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehow gamers live out their daily lives on live-video streams and how they use\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheir associated new platforms and tools, including live-video streams such as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwitch.tv and online web fora, to engage with live-video politics. It explores\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe relationship between gamers, gaming, and streaming, highlighting how\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egamers develop a notion of self that is fundamentally located in community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGamers consequently create, inhabit, as well as inherit a political world. With\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estreaming communities offering unique insights into what it means to live\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019011686743,"sku":"9781032371337","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032371337.jpg?v=1750779023","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gamer-citizens-9781032371337","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}