From the monthly archives: May 2005

First rule of methodology club

By On 31/05/2005 ·

One of the few universal rules of methodology club is that you are not allowed to say that all studies within a specific area must conform to a certain methodological approach. I’ll refrain from mentioning names here, but please believe me: You REALLY shouldn’t. If tempted, please recall your first methodology lesson where they told [...]

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Dr. Egenfeldt I presume?

By On 27/05/2005 ·

In 20 minutes Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen will be defending his PhD dissertation (preliminary version) here at the ITU (Auditorium 2).
All are welcome.

Update:

As we see here the candidate assumed a rather laidback position, a position not really changed throughout the event.

The panel consisting of David Buckingham, Jørgen [...]

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Addiction news

By On 26/05/2005 ·

News24.com fears rapid increases in video game addiction.

“There are few long-term scientific studies on video game addiction… But the reach of the video obsession is borne out by the popularity of one online game Halo 2. By early 2005, one million players, had staggeringly clocked up nearly 100 million hours on the [...]

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Say/do

By On 26/05/2005 ·

Many communication studies casually mention the “say/do conflict” i.e. the fact that interviewed people do not always respond in a way compatible with the empirical truth (even if not lying in a techincal sense).
We know that to be the case. It is commonplace.
But what are the most thoughtful/precise references/books/studies which try [...]

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Games not art, not media

By On 25/05/2005 ·

Said senator Deanna Demuzio recently: “Video games are not art or media… They are simulations, not all that different from the simulations used by the U.S. military in preparation for war.”

There you have it. No more “What is a game?” papers needed, then.

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