GAMES JOURNALISM: FUNDAMENTALS, TOPICS, AREAS OF CONFLICT - A HANDBOOK

Dean Guadagno
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Andreas Garbe, Beatrice Dernbach, Benjamin Bigl, Christian Sengstock, Christian Zabel, Dirk Schultze, Eik-Henning Tappe, Felix Reer, Gabriele Hooffacker, Jasper A. Friedrich, Jeffrey Wimmer, Markus Gennat, Melanie Verhovnik-Heinze, Michael Baur, Pascal Wagner, Robert Glashüttner, Robert Kohlick, Robin Janzik, Sebastian Stoppe, Thomas Horky, Timo Schöber

This Game Journalism handbook is the first work in the German-speaking world to take a close look at this often overlooked field of journalism. It offers a concise introduction to the foundations of game journalism, its development, and its growing range of formats, while also addressing current trends and challenges for journalists and players alike.

The book highlights the field’s diversity across different media formats. Games now hold a firm place not only in cultural, scientific, and technology reporting, but are also widely covered in online magazines, professional and personal blogs, podcasts, and video channels. Amateur creators increasingly compete with traditional journalism as game influencers.

The handbook explores the tensions and dilemmas game journalists navigate in their work. It also examines up-to-date findings, youth-protection and copyright requirements, monetization strategies, shifts in the media landscape, and the rise of new intermediaries and their creative user-generated content. Finally, it offers recommendations for training and professional development in game journalism.

Overall, the book provides both academic and practical perspectives on a diverse publishing ecosystem and contributes to the scholarly study of game journalism.

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