interactions – Cyber Means Pilot

The nature of communication scholarship is the study of those connective elements that helps us engage with one another.

Shane Tilton

February 15, 2019

The Information and Interactions of Communication Scholarship

One of my favorite classes that I teach yearly is “Communication Research Methods.” The course acts as the perfect balance between the abstract quest for understanding the cultural world that surrounds society and the concrete reality of explaining the communal relationships that currently exist. I try to make the concepts...

"No Man's Sky" is a great example of how to use the map in the effort to not be overwhelm by the environment.

Research

Shane Tilton

January 17, 2019

How “No Man’s Sky” Helps Apply Face-work to Emotional Interactions in the Real World

Another area of theory that can help a person use the knowledge from maps and guides in video games and apply that knowledge towards evaluating real-world emotional experiences comes from an era before mass-produced video games. Erving Goffman was one of the more recognized and well-respected sociologists in the 20th...