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  • Double play : athletes' use of sport video games to enhance athletic performance 
    Silberman, Lauren (Lauren Beth) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
    A design feature of contemporary sport video games allows elite athletes to play as themselves in life-like representations of actual sporting events. The relation between playing sport video games and actual physical ...
  • Dis/locating audience : transnational media flows and the online circulation of East Asian television drama 
    Li, Xiaochang, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
    It is commonly accepted that media and communication technologies play pivotal roles in the complex processes of what is broadly termed "globalization." The increasing speed, volume, and scale of transnational circulation ...
  • Not just in it to win it : inclusive game play in an MIT dorm 
    Kolos, Hillary (Hillary Anne) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
    The recent increase in digital gaming players and platforms does not imply that digital gaming is as inclusive as it could be. There are still gaps in participation that, if left unaddressed, will exclude groups who have ...
  • Laugh out loud in real life : women's humor and fan identity 
    Klink, Madeline LeNore (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
    The emerging field of fan studies has, until recently, been defined only by the research that has taken place within it. Almost universally, this research focuses on self-identified fans. However, scholars are beginning ...
  • The evolution of intimacy : advertising personal computers in the 1980s 
    Elish, Madeleine Clare (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
    At the heart of this thesis is a desire to understand the evolving and situated relationship between humans and computers. Looking to a specific kind of computer at a specific moment in history, I analyze the ways in which ...
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