Everyday media practices have become increasingly playful and gamified - what scholars in the field call 'the playful turn' in contemporary culture. Games and game-like features are now fully integrated into social media, mobile media and location-based applications, and creative media play more broadly defines much of our online engagement and user-generated content.

In this course you will explore the effects and implications of today's playful media ecologies and gain an understanding of key ideas in the field. This knowledge will be applied in written assessments, critical analysis, and the collaborative design of a playful media intervention.