{"id":2452,"date":"2024-11-12T16:09:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T16:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/?p=2452"},"modified":"2024-11-12T16:09:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T16:09:19","slug":"pop-culture-theory-group-5pm-wed-20th-nov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/2024\/11\/12\/pop-culture-theory-group-5pm-wed-20th-nov\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 20th Nov)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As per a suggestion a while back, the next session of PCTG will focus on Affect Theory, particularly in video games. To accomplish this, it would be great if you could read Paolo Ruffino&#8217;s article <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/13548565221081062\">&#8216;There is no cure: Paratexts as remediations of agency in Red Dead Redemption 2&#8217;<\/a>. If you don&#8217;t have time to read, please do still come along, and have a think about the reading questions regardless:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Is agency necessary in video games? Is it important to a good gaming experience?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Think about an Affective response you&#8217;ve had to a piece of media. How does it compare\/contrast to the responses described in Ruffino&#8217;s piece?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How does Ruffino&#8217;s methodology\/argument\/etc. connect to your own research?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For info about the room booking or zoom link, email Georgie @\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:gxr697@student.bham.ac.uk\">gxr697@student.bham.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/10\/Pop-Cult-Header-1024x500.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/10\/Pop-Cult-Header-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/10\/Pop-Cult-Header-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/10\/Pop-Cult-Header-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/10\/Pop-Cult-Header.png 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next session of PCTG is on Affect and Video Games, and we&#8217;ll be reading Paolo Ruffino&#8217;s &#8216;There is no cure: Paratexts as remediations of agency in Red Dead Redemption 2&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":2153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[262],"class_list":["post-2452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-lit","tag-pctg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2453,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452\/revisions\/2453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}