Methods for Studying Video Games and Religion 1st Edition Vít Šisler

Level Up: Methods for Studying Video Games and Religion

PART 1 Textual and Audiovisual Narratives

1 Critical Discourse Analysis: Studying Religion and Hegemony in Video Games

2 Gaming Elicitation in Episodic Interviews: Let’s Play Baptism

PART 2 In-Game Performance

3 An Ethnographic Method for the Study of Religion in Video Game Environments

4 Surreal Impersonation

PART 3 Production and Design

5 Design-Based Research: Mobile Gaming for Learning Jewish History, Tikkun Olam, and Civics

6 Phenomenological Hermeneutics as a Bridge Between Video Games and Religio-Aesthetics

PART 4 Interactivity and Rule System

7 Empirical Triangulation: Applying Multiple Methods to Explore Religion and Myth Through Video Games

8 Petri Net Modeling: Analyzing Rule-Based Representations of Religion in Video Games

9 Qualitative In-Depth Interviews: Studying Religious Meaning-Making in MMOs

PART 5 Gamer-Generated Content

10 Normalized Social Distance: Quantitative Analysis of Religion-Centered Gaming Pages on Social Networks

11 Coding Comments on Gaming Videos: YouTube Let’s Plays, Asian Games, and Buddhist and Hindu Religions

Critical Reflection

12 How to Study Religion and Video Gaming: A Critical Discussion