Breaking Barriers: The Emergence of a Video Game Culture and Industry in the Arab World
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11230/23:10467296
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119637134.ch25" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119637134.ch25</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119637134.ch25" target="_blank" >10.1002/9781119637134.ch25</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Breaking Barriers: The Emergence of a Video Game Culture and Industry in the Arab World
Original language description
This chapter analyzes the emergence of Arab videogame cultures and industries. Videogames are a massively popular medium with skyrocketing economic relevance, becoming an increasingly important form of cultural production. The Middle East is one of the fastest-growing gaming markets in the world. This growth is driven by the region's young and fast-growing population, a high penetration of smartphones and the internet, and an increasing supply of localised content. The Arab videogame scene is multifaceted and diverse, and encompasses various actors with different visions and interests. Nevertheless, despite its diversity, the scene as a whole can be characterized by a high degree of cultural hybridization, strong emphasis on authenticity of visual representation, and sensitivity to religious and cultural issues. This chapter examines the roles of economics, politics, religion, and global cultural flows in the appropriation of the videogame medium by local players, developers and institutions; linking them to a broader context of global cultural production and transnational consumer culture.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50803 - Information science (social aspects)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000734" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000734: Creativity and Adaptability as Conditions of the Success of Europe in an Interrelated World</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East
ISBN
978-1-119-63706-6
Number of pages of the result
13
Pages from-to
300-312
Number of pages of the book
576
Publisher name
Wiley-Blackwell
Place of publication
New York
UT code for WoS chapter
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