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Torill Mortensen

Associate Professor

Volda University College, Norway

 

Torill Mortensen writes on a number of topics including media studies, reader-response theory, role-play games, internet culture, travel, academic weirdness and online communication. As a member of the faculty at Volda University College, Mortensen is a leader in information, media and journalism studies. Torill Mortensen is a member of the executive board of the Digital Games Research Association. Mortensen's contributions have been feature din a number of books on focussed on video game and virtual world topics.  Mortensen's own Perceiving Play: The Art and Study of Computer Games is forthcoming from Peter Lang Publishers in 2009

 

Guest Speaker at the following State of Play conferences...

  • State of Play VI