Author: Vit Sisler

Theoretical and Methodological Framework for Studying Video Games and Orientalism

22 Dec 2023

Theoretical and Methodological Framework for Studying Video Games and Orientalism
Vit Sisler Article This article proposes a theoretical and methodological framework for studying orientalism and representation in video games, grounded in information science, communication studies, game studies, and cultural studies. Utilizing the approaches of critical transculturalism, game production studies, and a newly refined concept of gamevironments, the proposed framework understands video games as hybrid cultural artifacts existing within interconnected technical, socio-cultural, political, economic, and religious spheres. It examines…

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Review: iMuslims: Rewiring the House of Islam. Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks

10 May 2013

Review: iMuslims: Rewiring the House of Islam. Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks
Vit Sisler Book Review The book has an overwhelming scope, ranging from methodological and theoretical issues related to the research of Islam in cyberspace to detailed analysis of particular and diverse segments of the cyber Islamic environments such as the Islamic blogosphere or the use of the Internet by jihadi movements. The author clearly demonstrates his command of the subject by the vast number of examples, mainly websites, blogs…

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Review: Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace

10 May 2011

Review: Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace
Vit Sisler Book Review With growing Internet penetration rates and the proliferation of new media outlets in the Muslim world there is a simultaneously growing academic interest in possible social and political changes endorsed by these media. A recent contribution to this rapidly expanding body of research has been provided by Mohammed El-Nawawy and Sahar Khamis. They have co-authored a book called Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in…

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