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David Wästerfors

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Stretching capabilities: children with disabilities playing TV and computer games

Author

  • David Wästerfors

Summary, in English

Intervention studies show that if children with disabilities play motion-controlled TV and computer games for training purposes their motivation increases and their training becomes more intensive, but why this happens has not been explained. This article addresses this question with the help of ethnographic material from a public project in Sweden. By applying interactional constructionism to detailed instances of play situations, the article specifies the social dynamics as well as identificatory attractions of these games for children with disabilities.

Department/s

  • Sociology

Publishing year

2011

Language

English

Pages

337-349

Publication/Series

Disability & Society

Volume

26

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Routledge

Topic

  • Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)

Keywords

  • disability
  • identity
  • play
  • games
  • interaction
  • treatment
  • sociology
  • sociologi

Status

Published

Research group

  • Kriminal- och socialvetenskapligt nätverk

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0968-7599