CMN 2180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Intersubjectivity
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It was dismissed as unproductive in older times pop culture was seen morally and intellectually debate compared negatively. A part of the civilizing process, play has been seen demonized and unproductive. The author is rescuing and redirecting playits a form of cultural production because it creates meanings one of the characteristics of play is that it gains increasing productivity. Internet gave us a distribution / connection medium if play provides meaningsmeanings can be formed out of play play can have all sorts of consequences we"re entering a new era of significance of play. The community that the author looks at for deep desire for self-determination in this group there"s culture, economy, political structure she"s lookking at a group that is dijspic (moves from one environment to another) adopts to the environment. Avatar most of the avatar designed by game designers (mostly male) are sexual, celebrity beauty, high clothing, over sexualized, highly fashioned.