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Peer Pedagogies on Digital Platforms (Paperback)
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Peer Pedagogies on Digital Platforms (Paperback)
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How a popular entertainment genre on YouTube--Let's Play videos
created by Minecraft players--offers opportunities for children to
learn from their peers.Every day millions of children around the
world watch video gameplay on YouTube in the form of a popular
entertainment genre known as Let's Play videos. These videos, which
present a player's gameplay and commentary, offer children
opportunities for interaction and learning not available in
traditional television viewing or solo video gameplay. In this
book, Michael Dezuanni examines why Let's Play videos are so
appealing to children, looking in particular at videos of Minecraft
gameplay. He finds that a significant aspect of the popularity of
these videos is the opportunity for knowledge and skill exchange.
Focusing on Let's Play practices, the videos themselves, and fans'
responses, Dezuanni argues that learning takes place through what
he terms peer pedagogy--a type of nonhierarchical learning that is
grounded in the personal relationships fans and players feel toward
one another. Moreover, the Let's Play platform is part of a larger
digital ecosystem that enables children to learn from one another
in unique ways. Dezuanni explores how Let's Players enable learning
opportunities, examining digital literacies, the Let's Play genre,
and peer pedagogies. He then presents case studies of three
successful family-friendly Let's Players of Minecraft:
Stampylonghead, StacyPlays, and KarinaOMG, microcelebrities in a
microindustry. Dezuanni analyzes the specific practices and
characteristics of these players, paying particular attention to
how they create opportunities for peer pedagogies to emerge.
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