FAMILIES AT PLAY

How family video game play promotes intergenerational communication, connection, and learning.Video games have a bad reputation in t he mainstream media. They are blamed for encouraging social isolation, promoting violence, and creating tensions between parents and children. In this book, Sinem Siyahhan and Elisabeth Gee offer another view. They show that video games can be a tool for connectio n, not isolation, creating opportunities for families to communicate and learn together.Like smartphones, Skype, and social media, g ames hel...[Read more]