Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP140104295
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
The Game of Being Mobile: A study of mobile gaming cultures. This is the first Australian study to examine the social uses of mobile gaming. Smartphones have put location-based and social media games in the hands of mobile users worldwide. Through ethnographic methods, this study will explore how mobile game consumption is reflecting, and being shaped by, complex social and technological practices integral to contemporary life.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 05-2014
End Date: 03-2019
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $418,500.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies | Screen and Media Culture | Consumption and Everyday Life | Communication and Media Studies |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Mobile Data Networks and Services | Computer Gaming Software | Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture
