Children, Media and Playground Cultures

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Play, Media and Children’s Playground Cultures

   • Jackie Marsh, Chris Richards

   Pages 1-20

3. An Overview of Games and Activities on Two Primary School Playgrounds

   • Rebekah Willett

   Pages 21-50

4. Children as Researchers

   • Jackie Marsh, Chris Richards

   Pages 51-67

5. Framing and Interpreting Children’s Play

   • Chris Richards

   Pages 68-88

6. Reasons for Rhythm: Multimodal Perspectives on Musical Play

   • Julia C. Bishop, Andrew Burn

   Pages 89-119

7. Computer Games on the Playground: Ludic Systems, Dramatised Narrative and Virtual Embodiment

   • Andrew Burn

   Pages 120-144

8. Superheroes, Naughty Mums and Witches: Pretend Family Play among 7- to 10-Year-Olds

   • Rebekah Willett

   Pages 145-169

9. Agonistic Scenarios

   • Chris Richards

   Pages 170-195

10. Parody, Homage and Dramatic Performances

    • Jackie Marsh, Julia C. Bishop

    Pages 196-211

11. Conclusion: Forms, Functions and the Ethnographic Challenge

    • Andrew Burn, Chris Richards

    Pages 212-239

12. Back Matter

    Pages 240-268

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Drawing on ethnographic accounts of children's media-referenced play, this book explores children's engagement with media cultures and playground experiences, analyzing a range of issues such as learning, fantasy, communication and identity.

• children
• communication
• Computer
• computer game
• computer games
• Framing
• identity
• learning
• media
• media culture
• primary school

• University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

  Rebekah Willett

• University of London, UK

  Chris Richards, Andrew Burn

• University of Sheffield, UK

  Jackie Marsh, Julia C. Bishop

Rebekah Willett is an Assistant Professor of Library and Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. She has previously published Video Cultures: Media Technology and Everyday Creativity.

Chris Richards is a Senior Lecturer in Media Arts Education at the Institute of Education, London, UK. His most recent book is Young People, Popular Culture and Education.
 
Jackie Marsh is Professor of Education at the University of Sheffield, UK. She is co-editor of Play, Creativity and Digital Cultures.

Andrew Burn is Professor of Media Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. He has previously published Making New Media: Creative Production and Digital Literacies.

Julia Bishop is a Researcher at the University of Sheffield and the University of Aberdeen, UK. Her most recent book is The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs.

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