Journal of Iranian Cultural Research

Journal of Iranian Cultural Research

Individualism in Mobile Games; A Semiotic Analysis

Document Type : Scientific Research Manuscript

Authors
H. Aakbari 1
A. Majdi 2
M Heydari 3
1 Assistant Professor in Social Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Social Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
3 MSc in Social Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
10.22631/jicr.2018.1750.2375
Abstract
Seeking to expand communication technologies, new diversified ‎architecture of the process of ‎transferring meaning is evolving ‎media in the world. One of these methods, conveying the fabric ‎in ‎virtual games. Virtual games as a text, concepts to transmit ‎users. One of the implications of the media ‎in the field of work ‎on it has been less, individualism. The notions that in terms of ‎sociological ‎significance is also due to sign method cognitive ‎Barrett, mobile phone Games were investigated. Five ‎codes on ‎the basis of the five Barrett, four five codes concept of cultural ‎field as individualism, ‎summing up the findings provided urban ‎space, alone, relying on the individual capabilities, ‎human ‎challenge with human.‎
Keywords
semiology
mobile games
individualism
Implications
codes

Subjects

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  • Receive Date 16 September 2017
  • Revise Date 28 June 2018
  • Accept Date 14 February 2018