One of the beneficial components of a gaming experience like Minecraft is the ability of players to create their world and experiment with the space in a way that was foreign to other gaming series.

Minecraft as a Model for Emotional Awareness

A more apt representation and simulation of how to map out the social and cultural terrain using affect theory might be from “Minecraft.” “Minecraft” is a more open-world experience than “Breath of the Wild’ as the player is responsible for maintaining and creating most of the elements that appear within...

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Appalachian Discourse

This research was presented at Theorizing the Web 2017 in Brooklyn, NY on the 8th of April. The focus of the presentation was to examine the narratives from Appalachian regional media sources and national media sources that describe the Appalachia region and people & their views of the national election....

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