By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Computers, Networks & Communications -- Investigators publish new report on Technology - Information Technology. According to news originating from Uppsala, Sweden, by VerticalNews editors, the research stated, “This paper aims to show how videogames are construed as archival objects in the videogame-preservation literature by investigating drivers and motivations, selection of material, and methods of preservation. The review focuses on the expanded notion of videogames (the EN), a concept this paper introduces to collectively refer to the cultural and social aspects of videogamesfor example, game culture, experiences, play, and community life and activity.”
Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Uppsala University, “The study’s research aims are pursued on the basis of a critical systematic literature review of 42 publications originating from academic research and videogame-archiving projects. The study’s main finding is that the archiving literature construes the EN of videogames in three principal ways: i) as an essential part of the videogame as an archival object; ii) as a useful resource in archiving videogames, able to provide documentation of game culture and social context; and iii) as a useful resource in inquiries focused on the current state and recent history of society and culture from a sociotechnical viewpoint.”
According to the news editors, the research concluded: “The study suggests videogame community dynamics, videogame ontology, the development of archival theory, and videogame-archive studies as rewarding directions for further research.”
For more information on this research see: Understanding the “expanded notion” of videogames as archival objects: A review of priorities, methods, and conceptions. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology , 2018;69(1):134-145. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA.
The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from O. Skold, Uppsala University, Dept. of ALM Archival Studies Lib & Informat Sci & Mu, Uppsala, Sweden.
The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.23875. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.
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CITATION: (2018-01-11), New Information Technology Study Findings Recently Were Reported by Researchers at Uppsala University (Understanding the “expanded notion” of videogames as archival objects: A review of priorities, methods, and conceptions), Computers, Networks & Communications, 680, ISSN: 1944-1568, BUTTER® ID: 014946432
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