Game Culture

Game Culture Research Group comprises of researchers focusing on games and game-related phenomena in culture and society.

Focus

Core fields of research

Languages, culture and society

Learning, teaching and interaction

Research areas

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - Research areas

Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies - Research areas

Wellbeing and creative therapies

Belonging, crises and societal change

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department

Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies

Research group description

Game Culture Research Group focuses on games and game-related phenomena in culture and society. Research includes areas such as the form, meaning and interpretation of games, game cultures and communities, cultures of game creation, and the role of games in media and society.

Current

Projects

Members

Research group

Group leaders

Raine Koskimaa

Professor

Members

Postdoctoral Researcher

Kai Tuuri

Senior Researcher

Elina Koskinen

Postdoctoral Researcher

Veli-Matti Karhulahti

Senior Researcher

Matús Adamkovič

Postdoctoral Researcher

Publications

Publication

2018

Populism on the loose

Nykykulttuurin tutkimuskeskuksen julkaisuja. Jyväskylän yliopisto.

Kovala, Urpo

Palonen, Emilia

Ruotsalainen, Maria

Saresma, Tuija

Publication

2018

Syöpää, sotaa ja masennusta

Voima.

Arjoranta, Jonne

Publication

2018

Tabletop Role-Playing Games

Role-Playing Game Studies. Routledge.

White, William J.

Arjoranta, Jonne

Hitchens, Michael

Peterson, Jon

Torner, Evan

Walton, Jonathan

Publication

2018

Teens, Media and Collaborative Cultures : Exploiting Teens' Transmedia Skills in the Classroom

Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

Scolari, Carlos A.

Buckingham, David

Pereira, S.

Moura, Pedro

Koskimaa, Raine

Pérez, Ó.

Contreras, R.

Gaspard, l.

Horst, H.

Guerrero-Pico, M.

Lugo, N.

Masanet, M.J.

Establés, M.J.

Gutiérrez, E.

Rey, E.

Melo, L.

Tirocchi, S.

Márquez, I.

Lanzeni, D.

Winocur, R.

Morales, S.

Pink, S.

Ardévol, E.

Amici, S.

Taddeo, G.

Publication

2018

Toinen persoona musiikillisen kuuntelukokemuksen tutkimisessa

Kokemuksen tutkimus VI. Lapland University Press.

Tuuri, Kai

Peltola, Henna-Riikka

Publication

2018

Tracing the concept of hate speech in Finland

Populism on the loose. Nykykulttuurin tutkimuskeskuksen julkaisuja. Jyväskylän yliopisto.

Ruotsalainen, Maria

Publication

2018

Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools : How to Philosophize with a Digital Hammer by Stefano Gualeni

Journal of the Philosophy of Games.

Arjoranta, Jonne

Publication

2018

Why Do Players Misuse Emotes in Hearthstone? : Negotiating the Use of Communicative Affordances in an Online Multiplayer Game

Game Studies: the international journal of computer game research.

Arjoranta, Jonne

Siitonen, Marko

Publication

2017

"Vihapuheen" nousu julkisessa keskustelussa

Jätkät ja jytkyt. Vastapaino.

Ruotsalainen, Maria

Publication

2017

Back to the future of music research : Suomen musiikintutkijoiden 21. symposium = The 21st Annual Symposium for Music Scholars in Finland : abstraktikirja

Jyväskylän yliopisto.

Tuuri, Kai

Peltola, Henna-Riikka

Pihala, Joonas

Publication

2017

Behavior change types with Pokémon GO

International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games. ACM.

Kari, Tuomas

Arjoranta, Jonne

Salo, Markus

Publication

2017

Engaging with film characters : Empirical study on the reception of characters in The Hobbit films

Fafnir : Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research.

Välisalo, Tanja

Game Culture

Research group description

An Ontological Reconstruction of Gaming Disorder: A Qualitative Meta-Phenomenological Foundation

GAMEHIGHED - Higher-ed programmes for careers in game design & development

Research group

Group leaders

Members

Publications

Populism on the loose

Syöpää, sotaa ja masennusta

Tabletop Role-Playing Games

Teens, Media and Collaborative Cultures : Exploiting Teens' Transmedia Skills in the Classroom

Toinen persoona musiikillisen kuuntelukokemuksen tutkimisessa

Tracing the concept of hate speech in Finland

Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools : How to Philosophize with a Digital Hammer by Stefano Gualeni

Why Do Players Misuse Emotes in Hearthstone? : Negotiating the Use of Communicative Affordances in an Online Multiplayer Game

"Vihapuheen" nousu julkisessa keskustelussa

Back to the future of music research : Suomen musiikintutkijoiden 21. symposium = The 21st Annual Symposium for Music Scholars in Finland : abstraktikirja

Behavior change types with Pokémon GO

Engaging with film characters : Empirical study on the reception of characters in The Hobbit films

Game Culture

Research group description

Related projects

An Ontological Reconstruction of Gaming Disorder: A Qualitative Meta-Phenomenological Foundation

GAMEHIGHED - Higher-ed programmes for careers in game design & development

Research group

Group leaders

Members

Publications