We beat the cops in GTA: Po(ludic)al activism in the age of video games

This article explores how individuals reflect on their digital experiences of actualizing fantasies to make sense of their everyday actions, particularly in the context of video gaming. Our study takes a qualitative approach to understanding the context of materializing consumer fantasies, as initia...

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Published in:Convergence (London, England) England), 2018-12, Vol.24 (6), p.623-647
Main Authors: Demirbag-Kaplan, Melike, Kaplan-Oz, Begum
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:This article explores how individuals reflect on their digital experiences of actualizing fantasies to make sense of their everyday actions, particularly in the context of video gaming. Our study takes a qualitative approach to understanding the context of materializing consumer fantasies, as initially experienced and actualized in video games, and how these fantasies are transformed into material reality, through an investigation of an illustrative case of mass street protests, the 2013 Gezi Protests in Turkey. The findings suggest that digital virtual experiences in video games have obvious manifestations in the material world, as consumers travel on the borders of reality, moving back and forth into the liminoid terrain of the digital virtual, and provide a deeper understanding of how the blurred boundaries between the virtual and material are established in practice.
ISSN:1354-8565
1748-7382
DOI:10.1177/1354856516686481