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2023

Välisalo, Tanja

Who is Your Favourite Character?: Audience Engagement with Fictional Characters PhD Thesis

2023, ISBN: 978-951-39-9275-0.

Abstract | Links | Tags: Audience, Audience studies, Character engagement, Elokuvahahmot, Fanit, Fans, Fictional characters, Fiktiiviset hahmot, Film characters, Game characters, Hahmosuhde, Pelaajat, Pelihahmot, Players (non-music), Transmedia, Yleisö, Yleisötutkimus

2019

Välisalo, Tanja; Ruotsalainen, Maria

"I Never Gave Up": Engagement with Playable Characters and Esports Players of Overwatch Proceedings Article

In: FDG '19: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, pp. 1-6, ACM, 2019, ISBN: 9781450372176.

Abstract | Links | Tags: Electronic sports, Esports players, Fans, Game characters, Overwatch, Reader-response criticism