"This isn't what war is like" : an ethnographic account of ArmA3

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dc.contributor.authorMack, Amy C.
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorNewberry, Janice C.
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-28T00:04:09Z
dc.date.available2015-10-28T00:04:09Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the social practices of the Armed Assault 3 (ArmA 3) gaming community and their attempts to recreate a realistic combat experience online. Using an ethnographic approach, I explore the numerous military simulation (milsim) gaming practices employed by the community, many of which relied heavily on modeling and simulations processes. I contend that these practices were a response to the ‘gaps’ between the ‘real’ and the ‘virtual,’ which disrupted the gaming community’s ability to achieve the desired combat experience. An analysis of these practices makes evident what was deemed necessary for a meaningful and realistic online experience by a diverse community, as well as the new layers of gaps produced by the gamers themselves.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSocial Science and Humanities Research Councilen_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3768
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subject0326en_US
dc.proquest.subject0750en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Anthropologyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Anthropologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectvideo gamesen_US
dc.subjectdigital anthropologyen_US
dc.subjectmilsimen_US
dc.subjectmilitaryen_US
dc.subjectcyberen_US
dc.title"This isn't what war is like" : an ethnographic account of ArmA3en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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