Alisha Karabinus
ABSTRACT
As connections between professional and technical communication (PTC) scholarship and games studies increase, interrogating the disciplinary landscape of game studies becomes necessary. This project presents a strategy for mixed-method analysis to undertake that interrogation, in line with the social justice turn in PTC.
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Index Terms
- Games and technical communication at the crossroads: defining and designing game studies
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