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This review examines Lucas Pope's independent game Papers, Please as an instantiation of critical making within the discipline of the digital humanities. By confronting the player with moral decisions in their capacity as an immigration officer allowing or denying entry to immigrants within a totalitarian state, the game introduces an expressive form of game design in which conceptual practices are used to examine political and social realities. This type of critical media practice introduces a political ethic to the digital humanities that is arguably scarce within the discipline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper investigates the introduction of bicycles in the city of São Paulo, aiming to comprehend how the first sporting races gradually accompanied simple rides. Th e selected sources for this research were newspapers and memoirs published between 1895 and 1925. The analysis of these documents indicated a relation between bicycles and the urban ideation emerging in the city of São Paulo during the selected timeframe, the unprecedented mobility and freedom this artefact provided for women, the role of clothing in a culture related to the bicycle, and a growing sportization of the act of riding bicycles in urban spaces. In conclusion, the presence of bicycles and races in São Paulo at the turn of the nineteenth century contributed substantially to creating athletic gestures and performances in individuals who interacted with bicycles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The concept of media enjoyment has both delighted and frustrated entertainment scholars for several decades. Although a rich body of research highlights how media experiences can entertain, amuse, and enlighten audiences, the scholarship is conceptually, theoretically, and methodologically fragmented. In this synthesis paper, we first tackle conceptual issues, reviewing prior research that has both supported and challenged a hedonic approach to enjoyment. We then argue the enjoyment-as-attitude approach best explains the processes through which audiences experience enjoyment. We conclude by addressing definitional, methodological, and other implications for this approach. Areas for future research are also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In general, this manuscript critiques the contemporary dynamisms of the formation/deformation of the cultural sphere under the increased mobilisations of globalization. In particular, it inspects the symphysis [... SYMPHYSIS] between 'tourism' and 'culture', where the latter stands as an immense portmanteau phenomenon embracing many different things (under the vicissitudes of globalisation/glocalisation) across the protean realms of race, gender, entertainment, consumerism, meaning-making, et cetera. Critiquing Jamal and Robinson's recent attempt at panoramic coverage of the geography of tourism/tourism studies), it argues that tourism is regularly implicated in cultural practices relating to power-exercises in/across society. Then, in synthesising Bauman’s vision of contemporary society as that moving from seemingly well-ordered stabilities to a geographic realm where change is the-only-permanence and uncertainty the-only-certainty, the manuscript generates five lead propositions calling for 'plural knowability', viz., for a deeper/richer palette-of-imagination on the teeming multiplicities and throbbing provisionalities of culture as it emerges/unfolds or otherwise gets recast under the destabilising 'nomadic logics' of our time. In viewing culture as a vehicle of both 'impermanence' and 'seduction' nowadays, the paper notes how in so many places and spaces, individuals are less inclined to be engaged locally/ regionally/nationally as culture — partly through the volatile iterability of travel/tourism — has become an ever-widening polylogue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, invention learning curriculum-based serious game contents were designed and developed. Developed serious game contents evaluated effectiveness among elementary school students with participants classified according to enthusiasm for learning and communication condition for a period of first semester. Existing game-based learning contents tend to give too much importance to learning or amusement which has made it difficult to develop contents. To solve the above-mentioned problems, this study designed and developed serious game which strengthened organic combination between amusement and learning. Serious game contents were designed and developed ways which understand invention principle of curriculum as game play. Evaluation of effectiveness showed that serious game is effective in learning of participants in this study. It was ascertained that students with greater enthusiasm for learning who volunteered invention education course showed better recognition of invention and game than those who studied under general curriculum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reconstructs levels of cinemagoing in Britain over the two decades preceding the first accepted estimates of the national audience, which were produced in 1934. It uses the receipts from the tax on entertainments, levied by British governments starting in 1916, to examine the impact of broader developments, from war to major economic downturns, and radical changes within the industry itself with the introduction of sound technology. A significant discontinuity is identified in the emergence of the talking picture, which worked to broaden and deepen support for the cinema, confirming it as the dominant mass entertainment form of the period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to theoretically and empirically investigate experiences of real-life escape rooms, a phenomenon that has gained prominence in recent years. An exploratory empirical study of visitors' (escapers) experiences of 33 escape rooms in Turkey was conducted using content analysis. A total of 1079 reviews were extracted and used in the analysis. Data were collected from TripAdvisor - a well-known website - that allows guests to share their experiences from all around the world. The findings demonstrate that escape room attractions provide authenticity and flow experiences through the challenging activities and social component of the games. Furthermore, the findings show that visitors enjoy experiencing novelty-seeking (authenticity) and hedonistic experience-seeking (flow) and a feeling of being outside time and place. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, I will present insights that interaction with dancers has given me for my research in neuroscience. I will do this by explaining the different types of neuroscientific questions I work with. I will discuss the interactions I have had with dancers and choreographers, and go into detail with two of these, the dance performance SPLASTIC and the Avatar experiment. Using material from the production of SPLASTIC as examples, I will give an account of how neuroscience and dance can 1) change public awareness of physical disability, 2) provide insight into basic principles in neuroscience, and 3) lead to new ways of understanding human control of actions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper highlights the significance of popular astronomy lectures in British theatres during the first half of the nineteenth century. The popular astronomy lecturing trade inherited from Enlightenment natural philosophy discourses. A ‘theatrical turn’ developed in the late eighteenth century and became extensive by the 1820s. Lecturers moved astronomy displays into theatres and used theatrical facilities, which resulted in a distinct type of show blending scientific instruction with sensational amusement. Lent was especially high season for this business in a metropolitan entertainment market. Pre–eminent cases of private entrepreneurs in this trade included William Walker, Deane Franklin Walker, George Bartley, and C. H. Adams. By exploring astronomy lectures in theatres, this paper also shows the spatial influence of the site on the format and style of the performance: the benefits and constraints of a theatre made a theatrical astronomy lecture distinct from others at a formal institution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Bullying, undermining behaviour and harassment (BUBH) have been reported in entertainment, politics and sport. Such behaviours may also be common in surgery, and are frequently associated with poor patient care and inferior outcomes. The aim was to define the prevalence and impact of this behaviour in the international surgical workplace, and to explore counterstrategies. Methods: A systematic review was conducted by searching EMBASE, Medline, PsycINFO and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews in August 2017. Original research studies (Oxford Centre for Evidence‐based Medicine levels 1–4) investigating the prevalence and impact of BUBH in surgery, and/or counterstrategies, were eligible for inclusion. The review was conducted in accordance with PRISMA guidelines. Results: Of 2692 papers, 32 were eligible for inclusion. Twenty‐two reported the prevalence of BUBH in surgery, 11 studied the impact of this behaviour and six investigated counterstrategies. Prevalence data showed that BUBH are common in the surgical workplace. Their impact can be profound, compromising mental health, reducing job satisfaction, and inducing suicidal ideation. Formal reporting systems were perceived as ineffective and even potentially harmful to victims. Conclusion: Bullying, undermining behaviour and harassment are highly prevalent within surgery, and extremely damaging to victims. There is little high‐quality research into counterstrategies, although professionalism training using simulated scenarios may be useful. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Starting from the stage characteristics of children's cognitive development, the types of performance related to cognitive function and the design points involved in outdoor landscape entertainment facilities were sorted out and analyzed, and the design strategies of landscape entertainment facilities based on cognitive function were put forward in this paper, so as to make public toys more appropriate to promote children's all-round development of cognitive ability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper proposes a perspective on analyzing video games as film by comparing the interactions of the player with those of a producer or other member in the film-making process. This contrasts with existing methodologies which focus on formal characteristics or narratology. This proposal also provides a method for combining the interactivity of games with the storytelling capacity of cinema without encountering the narrative paradox. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper considers the question of how immoral elements in instances of humour affect funniness. Comic ethicism is the position that each immoral element negatively affects funniness and if their cumulative effect is sufficient, then funniness is eliminated. I focus on Berys Gaut's central argument in favour of comic ethicism; the merited response argument. In this journal, Noël Carroll has criticized the merited response argument as illegitimately conflating comic merit with moral merit. I argue that the merited response argument, and hence comic ethicism more generally, is vulnerable to Carroll's criticism only if the comic ethicist fails to distinguish between three closely-related but distinct concepts; humour, amusement and funniness. By providing separate accounts of these three concepts, I explain how Carroll's criticism is unsuccessful. In summary, accepting my distinctions between humour, amusement and funniness makes it clear that comic ethicism is the right position. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

House Hunters Internationalinvites viewers in the United States to temporarily and vicariously escape their daily lives through the stories of those fellow citizens and the occasional foreign nationals fortunate enough to buy homes abroad, including vacation homes in the tropics. Of course, other people, including viewers with access to the show, actually live their daily lives in those vacation paradises. The actors are presented as seeking an “authentic” experience away from the local population that is often tokenized and seen as static or invisible. In many instances, women and people of color who are a part of the visual landscape represent these places. This paper considers the ways the show frames mobility as entertainment, which ignores the politics of gender, race, and class that enables such mobility in the first place. This article concludes by considering María Lugones’ conceptualization of “traveling worlds” in order to propose a different way to articulate international house hunting. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This article revisits the history of television (TV) formats—concepts of TV shows that are licensed for local adaptations—focusing on scripted entertainment. While the TV format revolution of the 1990s bypassed scripted formats, they have been catching up in recent years. This article analyzes both the reasons for this late rise and the factors behind the recent growth. It argues that the adaptation of scripted formats is more complex, and risks remain higher than for other genres. The underlying economics of their production and distribution also differ from nonscripted formats. The stars aligned when demand for drama increased worldwide, Hollywood studios began to mine their catalogues, new exporters and scripted genres emerged, and knowledge transfer techniques improved. Finally, this paper analyzes the significance of the rise of scripted entertainment in the global TV format trading system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Current paper deals with the several ways in celebrating Carnival by the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century, analyzed from different sources such as newspapers of the period and musicals. The Carnival songs are focused, coupled to a description of the effort of educated people and authorities in attempting to regulate, discipline and homogenize the Carnival feasts in Rio de Janeiro. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is based on the British Academy project ‘Not all bright lights and big city?’ (2008–2010), which explores the diverse and divided lives of lesbians and gay men in the north-east of England. Here, we focus on the ‘close encounters’ between material culture and place, within queer leisure spaces (Binnie, 2014; Binnie & Skeggs, 2004; Brown, 2013; Lim, 2007, 2010; Lim & Fanghanel, 2013; Nash & Gorman-Murray, 2014). We build on existing geographical intersections of class, gender and sexuality (Browne & Bakshi, 2014; Savci, 2013; Taylor, 2007a, 2007b; Tyler, 2013) and incorporate embodied and affectual analysis of ‘things’ (food, drink, décor) as well as sensual and affective articulations of ‘atmosphere’ (light, dark, dirty, ‘seedy’) (Anderson, 2012; Bennett, 2013; Brown, 2008). Considering the potential ‘zero sum’ game of territoriality and identity (Brown, 2013) – as mapped onto scene space – we highlight material cultures and sensual atmospheres that both seduce and disgust bodies, affectively pulling people into and out of place, mattering the ‘changing structurations’ of sexualities and space. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This paper studies the global subjective assessment, obtained from mean values of the results of surveys addressed to members of the audience of live concerts in Spanish auditoriums, through the mean values of the three orthogonal objective parameters (Tmid, IACCE3, and LEV), expressed in just noticeable differences (JNDs), regarding the best-valued hall. Results show that a linear combination of the relative variations of orthogonal parameters can largely explain the overall perceived quality of the sample. However, the mean values of certain orthogonal parameters are not representative, which shows that an alternative approach to the problem is necessary. Various possibilities are proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]