@article{Wiik2023,

title = {“I Just Can’t Commit to That Level Anymore”: Players, Demands of Games, and Player Services},

author = {Elisa Wiik},

url = {https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202305165814

https://www.museumofplay.org/journalofplay/issues/volume-15-number-1/

https://www.museumofplay.org/app/uploads/2023/04/15-1-Article-5-Cant-Commit.pdf},

issn = {1938-0399},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-05-16},

urldate = {2023-05-16},

journal = {American Journal of Play},

volume = {15},

number = {1},

pages = {82-109},

abstract = {People, the author holds, instinctively believe quitting a game to be a simple choice: you are either playing or you are not. But she finds quitting play more complex. To understand better the whole ecosystem of play, she maps out the reasons Finnish players abandon or reduce their gaming and examines these reasons through the lens of specific demands. Using an online survey and interviews, she reveals that the dedication and effort needed to play—and the expected audience for a game—can drive players away from the games they once so enjoyed. She concludes that using the player service model promoted by Jaako Stenros and Olli Sotamaa in 2009 can identify the actions game designers might take to lessen the effect of these game demands.},

keywords = {Analog games, Digital games, Game demands, Player services, Quitting game play},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Sotamaa2023,

title = {‘Even if the Algorithm is a Terrible Workmate, You Just Need to Learn to Live with It’: Perceptions of Data Analytics Among Game Industry Professionals},

author = {Olli Sotamaa and Heikki Tyni and Taina Myöhänen},

url = {https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13675494231168568

https://trepo.tuni.fi/handle/10024/149415},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1177/13675494231168568},

issn = {1367-5494},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-05-13},

urldate = {2023-05-13},

journal = {European Journal of Cultural Studies},

abstract = {The digital game industry has actively integrated data-driven methods into its core processes. This interview-based study shows how game industry professionals perceive the role of data as part of their everyday work. Analysing the data-related notions and negotiations helps to explicate how mainstream data imaginaries are both reproduced and challenged in the different phases and contexts of game making. The analysis is divided into the following themes: data is everywhere, data is messy, data is constructed and data redefines creativity. The qualitative inquiry shows how the meaning of game data cannot be reduced to individual metrics or analytics services, or new positions like data analysts. Data-driven development is based on particular values and assumptions, and it creates new practices, working cultures and conflicting forms of agency.},

keywords = {Data analytics, Data work, Data-driven development, Datafication, Game industry, Game production},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Alha2023b,

title = {Augmented Play: An Analysis of Augmented Reality Features in Location-based Games},

author = {Kati Alha and Dale Leorke and Elina Koskinen and Janne Paavilainen},

url = {https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202303223074

},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565231156495},

issn = {1354-8565},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-02-13},

urldate = {2023-02-13},

journal = {Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies},

volume = {29},

issue = {2},

abstract = {As well as popularising location-based games, Pokémon GO helped connect location-based play with augmented reality (AR), bringing this still-nascent technology into the mainstream. Despite growing use of AR, its long-promised revolutionary potential remains stifled by limited innovation, technical barriers and lack of uptake by users. To explore how AR figures into location-based games, we analysed 11 location-based games with AR features. We identify four overarching ways these games incorporate the physical environment into gameplay: through superimposition, blending, immersivity and materiality. Our findings show that AR is most commonly a gimmick rather than a central element of the game experience and remains substantially hindered by technical glitches and limitations. While more advanced and deeply integrated AR mechanics are emerging, its use in location-based games remain far from the ‘technological imaginaries’ that have accompanied its development as AR continually oscillates between its status as a ‘mundane’ and ‘always-imminent’ technology.},

keywords = {Augmented reality, Location-based game, Mobile games},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Meriläinen2023,

title = {Young People’s Engagement with Digital Gaming Cultures – Validating and Developing the Digital Gaming Relationship Theory},

author = {Mikko Meriläinen},

url = {https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202303223093

},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.entcom.2022.100538},

issn = {1875-9521},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-01-31},

urldate = {2023-01-31},

journal = {Entertainment Computing},

volume = {44},

abstract = {Young people’s digital gaming is a complex phenomenon often approached in both research and public discussion from risk or utilitarian perspectives, erasing young people’s diverse experiences of their participation in gaming cultures. This study explores the utility of a novel approach, the digital gaming relationship (DGR) theory, in examining young people’s gaming experiences. Drawing from a thematic analysis of qualitative questionnaire data (N=180) collected in Finland from respondents aged 15–25, the study illustrates how the DGR approach helps make sense of young people’s engagement with digital gaming cultures and develops the theory further.},

keywords = {Digital gaming, Digital gaming relationship, Gaming motives, Social worlds, Video games, Youth},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Felczak2023,

title = {Zulionerzy and the Polish Independent Video Games of the Early 2000s},

author = {Mateusz Felczak and Maria B. Garda},

url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/2040350X.2022.2071519?journalCode=reec20

https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/175408353?lang=fi_FI},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/2040350X.2022.2071519},

issn = {2040-3518},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-01-02},

urldate = {2023-01-02},

journal = {Studies in Eastern European Cinema},

volume = {14},

issue = {1},

pages = {25-38},

abstract = {This article investigates the development of discourses related to a specific era of independent games and offers a close historical and cultural analysis of the freeware Polish game Żulionerzy (Ortalion Entertainment 2001). The game is positioned as a compelling cultural artefact from the often overlooked and underresearched period of the early 2000s, combining inspirations from the globally recognized TV franchise Who Wants to be a Millionaire and the emerging indie games scenes. The authors argue that Żulionerzy is a project that manages to capture young adults’ perspective on the economic and cultural zeitgeist of the era. Its potential as a counter-cultural and transgressive gaming intervention is further reinforced by intertextual references and a parodistic core gameplay loop. The assessment of Żulionerzy is concluded with a call to investigate similar productions which, while produced in a national language, shared their key features with the rising wave of grassroot browser-based games.},

keywords = {2000s, Freeware games, Humour, Independent games, Parody, Poland, Who wants to be a Millionaire},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Karhulahti2022i,

title = {From Claw Crane to Toy Crane: Catching, Courting, and Gambling in South Korea},

author = {Veli-Matti Karhulahti and Katriina Heljakka and Dongwon Jo},

url = {http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202212195750},

doi = {10.1353/ks.2018.0037},

issn = {1529-1529},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-12-30},

urldate = {2022-12-30},

journal = {Korean Studies},

issue = {Early release},

publisher = {University of Hawaii press},

abstract = {The claw crane—an arcade game that invites its players to remotely grab a prize with a “claw”—has undergone a long process of development from an eye-catching “steam shovel” to a calculated gambling machine across amusement arcades, train stations, and traveling carnivals. Recently, the claw crane has become a common transmedia object in various consumer outlets around the world, serving today’s “kidults” who are willing to play and be playful with toys as grownups. Especially in South Korea, the claw crane now rewards its players with cutified character plushies, which arguably reflects and resonates with the local sociocultural conventions. In this mixed-methods study, we deconstruct the claw crane as a historical artifact that promotes diverse forms of human interaction and engagement in the techno-cultural and social context of South Korea. The claw crane (or in South Korea, rather the “toy crane”) is investigated by means of historical design analysis, a review of contemporary South Korean media texts, and field observations in Seoul. We suggest the claw crane to serve as a multipurpose medium for playful interactions beyond the act of play itself—and in South Korea, having become a means for playful courting and emotional support, which at times of anxiety, stress, and uncertainty may contribute to one’s confidence and belief in the future.},

keywords = {Claw crane, Cuteness, Doll drawing, K-drama, Kidults, Kolikkopelit, Leikkiminen, Pehmolelut, Pelikulttuuri, Romantic play, Seurustelu, Transmedia culture},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Tuuri2022c,

title = {Pelimusiikin käyttötavat ja funktiot suomalaisten arjessa},

author = {Kai Tuuri and Oskari Koskela and Jukka Vahlo},

url = {https://musiikki.journal.fi/article/view/125641

https://musiikki.journal.fi/article/view/125641/75692},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.51816/musiikki.125641},

issn = {2669-8625},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-12-21},

urldate = {2022-12-21},

issuetitle = {Pelimusiikin tutkimus Suomessa},

journal = {Musiikki},

volume = {52},

issue = {4},

publisher = {Suomen musiikkitieteellinen seura},

abstract = {The uses and functions of game music in everyday life



The premise of this article is the idea that games and their music do not only relate to playing, but are also part of people’s musical practices outside of the actual gameplay situation. However, so far very little research has been done on the meanings of game music outside of gaming. In this study, we aim for a broader understanding of people’s relationship with game music by examining how game music is used outside of the context of gaming. The empirical analysis of the article is based on two datasets collected in Finland. The primary material consists of written stories (N=183) about personally meaningful game music memories. In addition to this, we use survey data (N=785) concerning people’s activities with their favorite game music outside of the game. In the study, we investigated (1) how varied and common the activities of using game music are, (2) what different types of game music use can be discerned, and (3) what psychological functions of game music are disclosed in the personal stories.



According to both datasets, musical practices with game music in people’s everyday life were common. The ways of using game music were also diverse. In general, digital games appear to be a viable resource for engaging in musical practices and acquiring musical experiences. Through cluster analysis, three different types of game music use were outlined from the survey answers: performing/reproducing, reminiscing and appreciating the game experience, which refer to preferences for interacting with game music. Regarding the functions of music, the results imply that the functions of music documented in music psychology literature (mood management, aesthetic pleasure, self-enhancement, memory connection, social bonding) are well suited for analyzing the personal meanings of game music. In all, from the results, it can be established that the aesthetic value of game music for people, at least to some extent, seems to be conditioned by the gameplay experience, even if the music is separated from gaming.},

keywords = {Game music, Game music memories, Kokemukset, Kuuntelutottumukset, Muistot, Music preferences, Music psychology, Musiikkipsykologia, Pelimusiikki, Tunteet},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Koskela2022,

title = {Käsitemetaforan näkökulma pelimusiikin henkilökohtaiseen merkityksellisyyteen},

author = {Oskari Koskela and Heli Tissari and Kai Tuuri},

url = {https://musiikki.journal.fi/article/view/125643

https://musiikki.journal.fi/article/view/125643/75694},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.51816/musiikki.125643},

issn = {2669-8625},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-12-21},

urldate = {2022-12-21},

issuetitle = {Pelimusiikin tutkimus Suomessa},

journal = {Musiikki},

volume = {52},

issue = {4},

publisher = {Suomen musiikkitieteellinen seura},

abstract = {The perspective of conceptual metaphor on personal meaningfulness of game music



The use of metaphors is prevalent when talking about music in everyday life as well as in more professional contexts. As such, the role of metaphors in describing and understanding music has been a topic for philosophical discussions and more recently also for empirical research. While most of the focus has traditionally been on the meaning of music, in this article we consider metaphors as related to the personal meaningfulness of music. More specifically, we investigate metaphoric expressions in personal narratives of fond game music memories, aiming to understand what the metaphors tell about the relationship between music and the listener. Following the theory of conceptual metaphor, we treat metaphors not as merely rhetorical figures of speech but as a pervasive feature of human meaning-making, that is, as related to the way we understand abstract things by conceptually mapping our understanding of concrete things. 



Our data is a set of 183 Finnish stories about personally meaningful memories with game music. We analysed the data in several steps, starting with the identification of metaphoric expressions and their source domains, followed by reducing them to their image schematic structures. Finally, we used the image schematic structures to organise the metaphors into 8 wider categories: Agency, Force, Spatial relations, Transfer, Mediator, Linkage, Tangible thing/object and Sensation. Besides presenting these categories as outlining different aspects of how the listeners’ conceptualise the personal meaningfulness of game music, we discuss the theory of conceptual metaphor as a viable approach for understanding musical experiences more generally.},

keywords = {Conceptual metaphor, Game music, Game music memories, Käsitemetafora, Kokemukset, Merkitys (tärkeys), Muistot, Musiikki, Musiikkifilosofia, Pelimusiikki},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Meriläinen2022f,

title = {Sanailua, suunsoittoa ja syrjintää: Nuorten kokemuksia pelikäytöksestä},

author = {Mikko Meriläinen and Maria Ruotsalainen},

url = {https://pelitutkimus.journal.fi/article/view/116988

http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202301051152},

issn = {1798-355X},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-12-19},

urldate = {2022-12-19},

journal = {Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja},

pages = { 49–71},

publisher = {Suomen pelitutkimuksen seura},

abstract = {Artikkelissa tarkastellaan laadullisen kyselyaineiston (N=180) avulla suomenkielisten, 15–25-vuotiaiden nuorten kokemuksia pelikäytöksestä digitaalisten pelien parissa. Teema-analyysin avulla rakennetut teemat valottavat epäasiallisen pelikäytöksen syitä ja seurauksia, kilpailullisten pelien suunsoittokulttuuria, pelikulttuureissa esiintyvää rakenteellista syrjintää, sekä myönteistä pelikäytöstä. Pelikäytös näyttäytyy artikkelissa monipuolisena ja monimutkaisena kokonaisuutena, johon vaikuttavat niin yksilöiden ominaisuudet ja mieltymykset kuin pelikulttuurien ja yhteiskunnan rakenteet. Artikkelin lopussa esitetään ehdotuksia keinoista vähentää asiatonta pelikäytöstä.

 

This article explores the experiences of online gaming conduct of Finnish-speaking, 15–25-year-old digital gameplayers through qualitative questionnaire data (N=180). Themes constructed through thematic analysis shed light on the reasons and outcomes of hostile online behaviour, trash talk culture prevalent in competitive online games, structural discrimination in gaming cultures, and prosocial online gaming behaviour. Online gaming conduct is shown to be a complex whole impacted by both individual features and preferences and structures in society and game cultures. At the end of the article, suggestions are made for ways of reducing hostile and discriminating online conduct in gaming.},

keywords = {Nuoret, Pelikäytös, Syrjintä, Trash talk, Verkkopelaaminen},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Karhulahti2022e,

title = {Phenomenological Strands for Gaming Disorder and Esports Play: A Qualitative Registered Report},

author = {Veli-Matti Karhulahti and Miia Siutila and Jukka Vahlo and Raine Koskimaa},

url = {http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202211015042},

doi = {10.1525/collabra.38819},

issn = {2474-7394},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-10-24},

urldate = {2022-10-24},

journal = {Collabra},

volume = {8},

issue = {1},

abstract = {The recent inclusion of gaming disorder in the ICD-11 as a mental disorder has further increased the importance of researching the health spectrum related to gaming. A critical area in this regard is the lack of clarity concerning the differences between gaming disorder and intensive play, the latter of which often involves several gaming hours per day without related health problems. In this study, we approached the above question by interpretive phenomenological analysis with interviews in two groups of highly involved videogame players: those who seek or have sought clinical help for their problems with gaming (n=6), and those who play esports more than 4 hours per day without self-reported related health problems (n=10). The interviews were carried out by using a new Phenomenology of Play (POP) interview frame. These data were contextualized with interviews of medical experts (n=6) who have experience of working with the former group. The findings imply that experiences of disorder derive from gaming interfering with what one wants to be, do, and have throughout life, whereas the experiences of intensive esport play derive from gaming being integrated into self throughout life. To our knowledge, this was the first registered report using qualitative phenomenological methods—we encourage researchers to explore the utility of registered reports with other qualitative methods to further optimize scientific progress.},

keywords = {Addiction, Health, Phenomenology, Psychopathology, Video games},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Järvenpää2022,

title = {Interpretation, Negotiation, Play: A Multiple Case Study of Playful Reader Engagement with an Augmented Reality Picturebook},

author = {Hanna Järvenpää},

url = {http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202210114843},

doi = {10.14811/clr.v45.717},

issn = {0347-772X},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-10-06},

urldate = {2022-10-06},

journal = {Barnboken},

volume = {45},

abstract = {Augmented reality (AR) picturebooks combine printed children's literature with augmented reality. This study examines the shared reading of the Finnish AR picturebook Mur, eli karhu (2016) by Kaisa Happonen and Anne Vasko. The main aim of the study is to explore the playful reading experience of three Finnish families with children between the ages of 4 and 6. Three main categories of engagement with the book are discussed in the article: interpretation, negotiation, and play. The findings of the study suggest that children are skilled users of mobile digital media but may not understand the content of AR without parental mediation. In addition, parents and educators are required to have substantial pedagogical and aesthetic knowledge to successfully support children’s engagement with hybrid and multimodal literary works. This knowledge involves understanding both children’s literature and the digital medium.},

keywords = {Aesthetics and pedagogy, Augmented reality, Digital children’s literature, Picturebook apps, Playfulness, Shared reading},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Grasmo2022,

title = {Nordic Erotic Larp: Designing for Sexual Arousal},

author = {Hanne Grasmo and Jaakko Stenros},

url = {https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202210107540},

issn = {2210-4909},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-10-05},

urldate = {2022-10-05},

journal = {International Journal of Role-Playing},

issue = {12},

pages = {62-105},

abstract = {Erotic larp is an emerging trend in the Nordic countries. Sexuality and socio-dramatic play have been combined in numerous ways in the past; what is new about this concentration of erotic embodied adult pretend play is that it is emerging from a culture of reflexive, critical, and bespoke design, as a tradition of art games. By studying 25 design abstracts of Nordic art larps from the last decade, this article seeks not only to map, classify, organize, and understand the phenomena of erotic larp design, but to discuss how norms of sexuality are reflected in the Nordic larp community through looking at how sexuality is thematised, described, signalled, and designed. The analysis in this article is rooted in game studies and informed by sexuality studies. In the design abstracts, we uncover how sexuality is thematised by the designers and signalled to the players, as well as how larp rules, mechanics, and expectations are designed for erotic role-play interactions. The article shows that a Nordic tradition of larps with design for erotic and sexual play has emerged during the 201 Os, how new larp mechanics scaffold erotic role-play in ways that give room for sexual arousal through layered alibis, and that these form of larps are inclusive of people of marginalised genders and sexualities, as well as of sexual kinks. The discussion also addresses the tension between liberation and oppression of sexuality in erotic larp design, as well as tensions around player agency and compelling game mechanics.},

keywords = {Alibi, Design, Design abstract, Larp, Make-believe, Marketing, Nordic larp, Oppression, Queer games, Role-play, Sex in games, Sexual arousal},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Nygren2022,

title = {Offsetting Game—Framing Environmental Issues in the Design of a Serious Game},

author = {Nina V. Nygren and Ville Kankainen and Lucas Brunet},

url = {https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202210047407},

doi = {10.1177/10468781221126786},

issn = {1046-8781},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-09-28},

urldate = {2022-09-28},

journal = {Simulation & Gaming},

volume = {53},

issue = {6},

pages = {579-675},

abstract = {Background



Biodiversity crisis requires researchers to reflect on tools and strategies to engage with different stakeholders. We propose that serious games can be designed to introduce stakeholders to a novel environmental policy tool and to communicate research on environmental issues. Our case is biodiversity offsetting (BDO), a novel policy tool aiming to reconcile nature conservation with other land uses. As any media, games offer certain framings of the issues they communicate about—some aspects are made more salient than others. However, frame analysis has not been widely used to analyze the design choices or the messages communicated by games. We analyze how these framings are designed into a game communicating about environmental issues.



Aim



To intervene in the emerging public discussion on BDO in Finland, we designed a land use board game and during the design process, played it with public and private stakeholders who would soon encounter and implement biodiversity offsetting policies in Finland. The aim of this article is to describe how our framings of BDO affected the design process and how those framings interacted with the design decisions we made. With our analysis, we want to contribute to the understanding of how framings and design choices interact in game design and how paying attention to framings is especially important for the design of SGs.



Method



We analyze how our framings of biodiversity offsetting and our design choices interact in game design. Our understanding of biodiversity offsetting guided our game design, but the design choices also contribute to the framing of the issue itself.



Results



Game design choices strongly frame the topic of the game and thus influence the function of a serious game. Thus, the framings of the topic should be considered carefully during the game design process, especially in the context of serious games.},

keywords = {Biodiversity offsetting, Conservation conflicts, Frame analysis, Game design, Nature conservation, Serious games, Simulation games, Stakeholders},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Suominen2022b,

title = {Pokémon Go (2016) -pelin suosion nostalgiaselittäminen},

author = {Jaakko Suominen},

url = {http://widerscreen.fi/numerot/2022-1-2/pokemon-go-2016-pelin-suosion-nostalgiaselittaminen/},

issn = {1795-6161},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-09-15},

urldate = {2022-09-15},

journal = {Widerscreen},

volume = {25},

issue = {1-2},

abstract = {Nostalgialla tarkoitetaan katkeransuloista tunnetta, joka ilmenee kaipuuna johonkin aiemmin olleeseen tai aiemmin koettuun asiaan tai tilanteeseen. Tässä artikkelissa käsittelen, miten lisätyn todellisuuden pelin Pokémon Go:n suosiota selitettiin nostalgian avulla julkisuudessa pelin tultua markkinoille heinäkuussa 2016. Sovellan aiemmin tehtyjä nostalgian luokitteluja ja esittelen nostalgialla selittämisen jaottelun, joka sisältää yksinkertaisen ja tulkitsevan nostalgiaselityksen mediakulttuurin kontekstissa. Nostalgialla selittäminen näkyy erityisesti populaarimediassa mutta myös mediatuotteiden suosiota ja käyttöä koskevissa asiantuntijapuheenvuoroissa sekä tutkimuksessa. Tässä teemanumeron artikkelissa tarkastelen nostalgialla selittämistä keinona, jolla institutionaaliset toimijat, kuten tiedotusvälineiden edustajat ja tutkijat kesyttävät tai kotoistavat uusia kulttuurituotteita vuorovaikutuksessa käyttäjien kanssa osaksi vakiintuneita toiminnan muotoja. Artikkelin lähteinä toimivat Pokémon- ja nostalgiatutkimuksen lisäksi vuonna 2016 julkaistut Pokémon Go:ta käsittelevät uutiset.},

keywords = {Domestikaatio, Lisätty todellisuus, Mobiilipelit, Nostalgia, Pokémon Go},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Suominen2022,

title = {Uutuudesta yhteiskunnan osaksi: Instituutionäkökulma pelialan kulttuuriseen omaksumiseen 1990-luvulta 2010-luvulle},

author = {Jaakko Suominen and Antti Silvast and Tero Pasanen and Markku Reunanen},

url = {http://widerscreen.fi/numerot/2022-1-2/uutuudesta-yhteiskunnan-osaksi-instituutionakokulma-pelialan-kulttuuriseen-omaksumiseen-1990-luvulta-2010-luvulle/},

issn = {1795-6161},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-09-15},

urldate = {2022-09-15},

journal = {Widerscreen},

volume = {25},

issue = {1-2},

abstract = {Digitaalisen pelaamisen arkipäiväistyminen on tuonut pelit julkiseen keskusteluun viimeistään 1990-luvulta lähtien. Artikkelissa tutkitaan digitaalisen pelialan omaksumista Suomessa instituutioiden synnyn ja muodonmuutosten kautta. Artikkeli käsittelee muodonmuutoksia neljällä keskeisellä, mutta toisistaan eroavalla alueella: koulutusjärjestelmissä, pelialan julkisessa rahoituksessa, elektronisessa urheilussa ja kulttuuriperinnön säilyttämiseen tähtäävissä muistiorganisaatioissa. Artikkeli soveltaa Mikael Hårdin ja Andrew Jamisonin käsitteellistä mallia tieteen ja teknologian kulttuurisesta omaksumisesta ja rakentaa kulttuuri- ja yhteiskuntatieteellistä ymmärrystä omaksumiseen liittyvistä institutionalisoitumisen prosesseista. Artikkelin aineistoina on käytetty pelialan institutionalisoitumisesta kertovia julkisia uutisia, asiakirjoja ja raportteja, joista on koottu ja analysoitu temaattisesti erilaisia institutionalisoitumisen ilmenemismuotoja. Keskeisimpiä löydöksiämme ovat harrastajakentän ja julkisten toimijoiden välinen kiinteä vuorovaikutus sekä olemassa olevien instituutioiden sopeutuminen digitaalisten pelien mukanaan tuomiin uusiin haasteisiin.



As digital games have become commonplace, they have also become part of public discourse starting from the 1990s the latest. In this article, we discuss the appropriation of digital games from the perspective of institutions: how they came to be and evolved over time. We study the subject through four interrelated yet distinct lenses: education, public funding, electronic sports and memory institutions. We apply Mikael Hård’s and Andrew Jamison’s model of cultural appropriation of technology and science with the intent of broadening the cultural and sociological understanding on how novelties become institutionalized. The study is based on public news, documents and reports dealing with game-related organizations, which have been thematically analyzed to reveal different forms of institutionalization. Two of our most important findings concern the tight interaction between hobbyist and official efforts, and how existing institutions have reacted to meet the needs of digital games.},

keywords = {Digitaaliset pelit, Digital games, Institutions, Instituutiot, Mediasosiologia, Omaksuminen, Tieteen- ja teknologiantutkimus},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Suominen2022c,

title = {Lapuanpeli (1930) osallistavana ajankohtaismediana ja mediahistoriallisena lähteenä},

author = {Jaakko Suominen and Tero Pasanen and Karoliina Koskinen},

url = {https://agricolaverkko.fi/tietosanomat/historiallinen-aikakauskirja-3-2022-ilmestynyt/},

issn = {2489-6969},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-09-14},

urldate = {2022-09-14},

journal = {Historiallinen Aikakauskirja},

volume = {120},

number = {3},

abstract = {Artikkelissa tutkitaan F. Tilgmann -yhtiön Kuvataide-osaston julkaisemaa Lapuanpeli-lautapeliä (1930), jonka aiheena oli Lapuanliikkeen talonpoikaismarssi. Lautapeleissä oli aiemminkin käsitelty ajankohtaistapahtumia, erityisesti sotia, mutta poliittinen mielenilmaus oli pelien aiheena poikkeuksellinen. Monica Ehrströmin kuvittama peli ei kuvannut talonpoikaismarssia täysin dokumentaarisesti vaan yhdisteli marssin tapahtumia vapaasti, korosti ja liioitteli sekä käytti myös kiertoilmaisuja patrioottisen, mutta samalla kuvitteellisen lopputuloksen aikaansaamiseksi.},

keywords = {Ajankohtaismedia, Board games, Lapua game, Lapuanpeli, Lautapelit, Mediahistoria},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Karhulahti2022b,

title = {Reasons for Qualitative Psychologists to Share Human Data},

author = {Veli-Matti Karhulahti},

url = {http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202209124552},

doi = {10.1111/bjso.12573},

issn = {0144-6665},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-09-06},

urldate = {2022-09-06},

journal = {British Journal of Social Psychology},

abstract = {Qualitative data sharing practices in psychology have not developed as rapidly as those in parallel quantitative domains. This is often explained by numerous epistemological, ethical and pragmatic issues concerning qualitative data types. In this article, I provide an alternative to the frequently expressed, often reasonable, concerns regarding the sharing of qualitative human data by highlighting three advantages of qualitative data sharing. I argue that sharing qualitative human data is not by default ‘less ethical’, ‘riskier’ and ‘impractical’ compared with quantitative data sharing, but in some cases more ethical, less risky and easier to manage for sharing because (1) informed consent can be discussed, negotiated and validated; (2) the shared data can be curated by special means; and (3) the privacy risks are mainly local instead of global. I hope this alternative perspective further encourages qualitative psychologists to share their data when it is epistemologically, ethically and pragmatically possible.},

keywords = {Ethics, Human data, Open science, Qualitative Methods},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Karhulahti2022c,

title = {Ontological Diversity in Gaming Disorder Measurement: A Nationally Representative Registered Report},

author = {Veli-Matti Karhulahti and Jukka Vahlo and Marcel Martončikc and Matti Munukka and Raine Koskimaa and Mikaela von Bonsdorff},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2022.2115033},

doi = {10.1080/16066359.2022.2115033},

issn = {1606-6359},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-09-05},

urldate = {2022-09-05},

journal = {Addiction Research & Theory},

abstract = {Gaming-related health problems have been researched since the 1980s with numerous different ontol-ogies as reference systems, from self-assessed‘game addiction’to‘pathological gambling’(in theDiagnostic  and  Statistical  Manual  of  Mental  Disorders[DSM]-IV),‘internet gaming disorder’(in the thirdsection of the DSM-5) and most recently‘gaming disorder’(in theInternational Classification of Diseases[ICD]-11). Our goal was to investigate how screening instruments that derive from different ontologiesdiffer in identifying associated problem groups. By using four central screening instruments, each rep-resenting a different ontological basis, we hypothesized differences and similarities inprevalence,over-lap, andhealth. A nationally representative (N¼8217) sample of Finnish participants was collected. Thescreening instruments produced significantly different prevalence rates (from 0.4% to 6.9%) and thebinomial probabilities of group overlap ranged from poor (0.419) to good (0.919). Expectedly, the prob-lem groups had lower mental health than the general population, yet exploratory analyses impliedequivalent or significantlyhigherphysical health. We also found strong exploratory evidence for mis-chievous responding to complicate the measurement of gaming problems. Considering that severalmajor differences were confirmed between the four gaming problem constructs, we recommendresearchers to clearly define theirconstruct  of  interest, i.e. whether they are studying the ICD-11 basedofficial mental disorder, the DSM-5 proposed‘internet gaming disorder’, or other gaming problems—especially in future meta-analyses.},

keywords = {Behavioral addiction, Games, Open science, Philosophy, Prevalence, Technology use},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}