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Author:   Csenge Virág Zalka ,  Matthew Wilhelm Kapell
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.295kg
ISBN:  

9781476672847

ISBN 10:   1476672849
Pages:   215
Publication Date:   28 March 2019
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface Introduction: “Do you want to thread?” One—Stories at the Crossroads: Theorizing Forum Games The Theory of Play and the Theory of Interactivity Forum Games as Narratives Play Versus Narrative Fandom and Fan Fiction Between pages 40 and 41 are 4 color plates containing 4 photographs Two—Thread by Thread: Shaping Language and Narrative in Forum Games Improvisation and Collaboration Regulating Language and Narrative Regulating Language and Narrative Through Player Behavior Between You and Me: A Case Study of Consent Developing Language and Writing Skills Trends in Activity and Popularity From Language to Multimodality Three—Beyond Words: Multimodality in ­Forum-Based ­Role-Playing Images—The Visual Mode Music and Sound—The Aural Mode Movement—The Gestural Mode Layout—The Spatial Mode Numbers and Coding—The Numeric Mode Time—The Temporal Mode The Case Study of the Mad Hatter: Representing Characters Through Multimodal Posts Conclusion Four—From Classroom to Big Screen: The Possibilities of Forum Gaming Forum RPGs as a Distinct Gaming Style “But is it really storytelling?” Forum Games and the Composition Classroom Forum Games and Language Education Forum Games in Transmedia Storytelling Projects Appendix A: Site Sample Appendix B: Coding Criteria Appendix C: Glossary of Terms Works Cited Index

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Csenge Virág Zalka is a professional storyteller and researcher from Budapest, Hungary. Her interests focus on role-playing games as a form of storytelling, historical fiction, oral traditions and popular culture. Series editor Matthew Wilhelm Kapell teaches American studies, anthropology, and writing at Pace University in New York.

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