The representation of older people playing a digital game in the short film ‘Pony Place’: A semiotic and narratological analysis
Journal Title: Journal of Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology - Year 2017, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
This article focuses on Dutch older adults’ use of digital devices in general, and digital games in particular, from an intergenerational perspective. We first present some facts related to provide insight into how Dutch older adults use such new media. Then, the case of the Dutch short film Pony Place is analyzed using a semiotic and narratological approach, to examine how older adults are represented as so-called ‘digital immigrants’, digitally illiterate persons who are unable to master a digital game device. Finally, an intergenerational digital game design approach is presented to show how older adults can actively be involved in the world of digital games, which could lead to a change from their unbalanced representation as digital immigrants to persons who are, like younger players, able to be active in the world of digital games.
Authors and Affiliations
Eugène Loos, Piotr Kubiński, Margarida Romero
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP656467
- DOI -
- Views 96
- Downloads 0
Apocalyptic souls: the existential (anti) hero metaphor in the Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater, Peace Walker and Ground Zeroes games
In the present study, I drew a correlation between Søren Kierkegaard’s (1813-1855) existentialist theory and apocalyptic representations in the Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater, Peace Walker and Ground Zeroes video games (K...
Narratives as instrumental research and as attempts of fixing meaning. The uses and misuses of the concept of “narratives
Narratives are the most important means of fixing the meaning of events and of the social and cultural construction of reality. This is the main assertion of this text, together with a detailed explanation of what is to...
Gender differentiation and new trends concerning the division of household labour within couples: the case of emergency physicians
This paper provides an account of the division of household labour (i.e., housework and childcare) based on the results of a doctoral research project on time management among couples, in relation to a specific professio...
Romantic relationships and their transformation in the reflexive society. Themes and methods in Jean-Claude Kaufmann’s surveys
The process of individualization, associated with reflexive modernity, which assumes that individual actions are legitimized as a result of increased reflexivity, produces major changes in the universe of love action. Fo...
Ethnography put to good use: researching the virtually human