Double play : athletes' use of sport video games to enhance athletic performance
Name
670238302-MIT.pdf
Description
Full printable version
Size
3.96 MB
Format
Adobe PDF
Checksum (MD5)
278cc84b9636b2289b34499853489eec
Author(s)
Silberman, Lauren (Lauren Beth)
Advisor(s)
William Uricchio.
Alternative Title
Athletes' use of sport video games to enhance athletic performance
Date Issued
2010
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
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 performance has not yet been established. Drawing on data from interviews and observations of elite athletes playing sport video games, this thesis explores why elite athletes are playing these video games as their virtual selves, and establishes a framework for understanding how this play may enhance learning opportunities. Building on theories based in the disciplines of psychoanalysis, education, and neuroscience, this thesis argues that virtual play by athletes playing as themselves in sport video games has the potential to support and encourage physical performance.
Description
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Comparative Media Studies, February 2010.
"October 2009." Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-94).
Subjects
Comparative Media Studies.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Terms of Use
M.I.T. theses are protected by
copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but
reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written
permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.
copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but
reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written
permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.
Persistent DSpace Link
