Videogames as elements of popular culture or escaping into the world of fairy tales Cover Image

A videojátékok mint a populáris kultúra elemei, avagy menekülés a mesevilágba
Videogames as elements of popular culture or escaping into the world of fairy tales

Author(s): Anita Deák
Subject(s): Media studies, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Medea Egyesület
Keywords: Popular culture; video games; escapism; virtual world

Summary/Abstract: The study deals with an often neglected segment of the popular culture, the video games,presenting its positive features, and underlining the phenomenon of escapism connected to it. The study is based on an American research that defined different types of players, and presents a survey made on Hungarian players. By analyzing the different types of players also reveals certain differences between the choices made by American and Eastern European players. The study is apart of my BA thesis written with the guidance of Vallasek Júlia PhD as supervisor.

  • Issue Year: VII/2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 37-48
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Hungarian