Rebecca's Research Blog

Picking up the theme of gaming, Marian Petre found teenagers using readily available Internet resources to engage in playful navigation and reuse of the information space. Examples: Pseudo-Friend – create a person in Facebook and see how many friends they can attract Brimstone Rhetoric – justify any position of argument using biblical quotes Degrees of […]

Games are important when building communities. They help to develop trust and an understanding of each other’s skills and personalities. In terms of language, wordplay helps us to establish register – to work out what we mean and double mean when we use language. Can we create online community without the use of word games? […]