We Beat the Cops in GTA: Po(ludic)al Activism in the Age of Video Games
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Abstract
This article explores how individuals reflect on their digital experiences of actualizing fantasies to make sense of their everyday actions, particularly in the context of video gaming. Our study takes a qualitative approach to understanding the context of materializing consumer fantasies, as initially experienced and actualized in video games, and how these fantasies are transformed into material reality, through an investigation of an illustrative case of mass street protests, the 2013 Gezi Protests in Turkey. The findings suggest that digital virtual experiences in video games have obvious manifestations in the material world, as consumers travel on the borders of reality, moving back and forth into the liminoid terrain of the digital virtual, and provide a deeper understanding of how the blurred boundaries between the virtual and material are established in practice.
Publication
Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Volume
24
Issue
6
Pages
623-647
Department
College of Business and Management
Recommended Citation
Demirbag-Kaplan, M., & Kaplan-Oz, B. (2017). We beat the cops in GTA: Po(ludic)al activism in the age of video games. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 24(6), 623-647. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856516686481
Comments
This article was published before Dr. Begum Kaplan joined Lynn University.