Platform Studies: Frequently Questioned Answers

We describe six common misconceptions about platform studies, a family of approaches to digital media focused on the underlying computer systems that support creative work. We respond to these and clarify the platform studies concept.

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Critical writing referenced:

Title	Author	Year
Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System	Nick Montfort, Ian Bogost	2020

Critical writing that references this:

Title	Author	Publisher	Year
Electronic Literature	Scott Rettberg	Polity	2018
On the Platform’s Ruins: Practicing a Poetics of Obsolescence	Colin Post		2021
The Paradox of Electronic Literature in the Classroom: The Challenges for New Literacy Practices within the Platformized School	Michael Schlauch		2021

Teaching Resource using this Critical Writing:

Resource	Teaching Resource Type	Author	Year
Digital Humanities in Practice (DIKULT 207, UiB, Fall 2019)	Syllabus	Scott Rettberg, Hannah Ackermans, Patricia Tomaszek	2019

Research Collection that references this Critical Writing:

Title
Electronic Literature, Chapter 1: Genres of Electronic Literature

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Ana Castello