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Multiple Perspectives on Player Immersion

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April 15, 2009

Multiple Perspectives on Player Immersion World of Warcraft South Park immersion computer games perspective Curator's Note in computer game design, immersion typically refers to a game's ability hold a player's attention (game-as-agent). it ...

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Building Community: Virtual Harlem and the evolving role of the modern educator- New Digitals

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Bryan Carter University of Central Missouri

April 14, 2009

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through the use of various sorts of digital communication. The positive side of such an enhancement are ...

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Re: "C'mere, stay": Immersion as Immergence, Pervasion, and Abeyance

The Sizzle of Immersion

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Matthew Thomas Payne University of Notre Dame

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 — 6:17 pm

the grisly torture/murder scene gives the player personal motivation. (BTW, I’m also struck by the ...

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"C'mere, stay": Immersion as Immergence, Pervasion, and Abeyance

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Judd Ruggill University of Arizona

April 13, 2009

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"C'mere, stay": Immersion as Immergence, Pervasion, and Abeyance immersion contradiction agency Curator's Note When I was first invited to curate an In Media Res theme week, "immersion" seemed like a reasonable focalizer--dee ...

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Re: Mock-documentaries in Canada: Looking for the Real Thing

don't think you'll find one...

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Michele Byers. Saint Mary's University

Wednesday, April 8, 2009 — 12:56 am

tradition particularly attributable to the funding question, or is this—avoiding if possible the deeply ...

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Mock-documentaries in Canada: Looking for the Real Thing

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Zoë Druick Simon Fraser University

April 07, 2009

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Mock-documentaries in Canada: Looking for the Real Thing mock-documentary Girlfriend Experience Canadian documentary Curator's Note Mock-documentaries have become a ubiquitous feature of the media environment. Yet, arguably their presence in Canada d ...

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Re: Is secularism possible in the Arab region given the numerous influential factions that have a religious face?

bullet points

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Helga Tawil-Souri New York University

Friday, April 3, 2009 — 5:29 pm

Hussam, thanks for an interesting clip. I’m going to list a number of issues that both the clip ...

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Re: Opposite day: Arabs and Our Surveillance Society

different opposites

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Helga Tawil-Souri New York University

Friday, April 3, 2009 — 4:57 pm

In that sense, I’m sure all households have ‘conflicts’ over who controls the remote, what show to ...

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Re: (Asian American?) Hip Hop: Cool Calm Pete’s “Black Friday”

I'm struck by the near

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michal USA

Friday, April 3, 2009 — 8:32 am

I'm struck by the near homogeneity of white images in the video when these historical periods also contain plenty of images of people of color. ------------------------- hiphop rappers ...

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