Getting played: Gamification, bullshit, and the rise of algorithmic surveillance

Surveillance and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 349-359

  O'Donnell, Casey ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithmic surveillance; Game design; Game mechanics; Gamepocalypse; Gamification; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905042939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24908/ss.v12i3.5017     Document Type: Article

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