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Jennifer R. Whitson

Author: jenniferwhitson

Latest Work

Posted on June 5, 2017June 5, 2017 by jenniferwhitson

Parker, Felan, Whitson, Jennifer R, and Simon, Bart. “Megabooth: The cultural intermediation of indie games”. New Media and Society. Online… Read more Latest Work

Indie Interfaces

Posted on October 16, 2014May 9, 2018 by jenniferwhitson

I’m working on the Indie Interfaces project with Dr. Bart Simon and Dr. Felan Parker. We are collaborating with indie… Read more Indie Interfaces

Surveillance Studies

Posted on October 16, 2014June 5, 2017 by jenniferwhitson

I’m an associate editor of the journal, Surveillance & Society and much of my research examines how the ability to… Read more Surveillance Studies

Studio Studies

Posted on October 14, 2014June 5, 2017 by jenniferwhitson

Ethnographies of game development A lot of my writing revolves around the “work of making play”.  In general, I’m fascinated… Read more Studio Studies

Game Design by Numbers

Posted on October 13, 2014June 5, 2017 by jenniferwhitson

Instrumental Play and the Quantitative Shift in the Digital Game Industry Once upon a time, I wrote a PhD Thesis… Read more Game Design by Numbers

About JRW

JRW is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology & Legal Studies, as well as the Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business. Both are part of the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.

email her: jenni [dot] whitson [at] gmail [dot] com

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