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Online gaming in context : the social and cultural significance of online games (2011)
Book
Gosling, V., Light, B., & Crawford, G. (2011). Online gaming in context : the social and cultural significance of online games. London: Routledge

There is little question of the social, cultural and economic importance of video games in the world today, with gaming now rivalling the movie and music sectors as a major leisure industry and pastime. The significance of video games within our ever... Read More about Online gaming in context : the social and cultural significance of online games.

The social and cultural significance of online gaming (2011)
Book Chapter
Crawford, G., Gosling, V., & Light, B. (2011). The social and cultural significance of online gaming. In Online Gaming in Context: The Social and Cultural Significance of Online Games. London: Routledge

Lesbian, gay and bisexual women in the north west: a multi-method study of cervical screening attitudes, experiences and uptake (2011)
Other
Light, B., & Ormandy, P. (2011). Lesbian, gay and bisexual women in the north west: a multi-method study of cervical screening attitudes, experiences and uptake. Salford

The NHS Cervical Screening Programme (NHSCSP), committed to reducing health inequalities for lesbian and bisexual (LGB) women within cervical screening programmes, funded this research study in response to the Department of Health’s 2007 Cancer Refor... Read More about Lesbian, gay and bisexual women in the north west: a multi-method study of cervical screening attitudes, experiences and uptake.

Tracing the emergence and formation of small dot-coms in an emerging digital economy : an actor-network theory approach (2011)
Thesis
Effah, J. Tracing the emergence and formation of small dot-coms in an emerging digital economy : an actor-network theory approach. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

The purpose of this study is to trace the emergence and formation of small dot-corns to understand how they come into being and are made to work or not. The SME e-business literature emphasises post-organisation and post-technology formation phases... Read More about Tracing the emergence and formation of small dot-coms in an emerging digital economy : an actor-network theory approach.

Interpreting digital gaming practices: singstar as a technology of work (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Light, B. (2011, January). Interpreting digital gaming practices: singstar as a technology of work. Presented at European Conference on Information Systems, Helsinki, Finland

Embedded within discourses of the enactment of information and communications technologies (ICTs) at work is often a tightly constrained range of legitimate application areas of study, a rather thin concept of user-developer relations and a context... Read More about Interpreting digital gaming practices: singstar as a technology of work.