Gamemunication: prosthetic communication ethnography of game Avatars

• Main Authors: Purnomo, SF. Luthfie Arguby, Purnama, SF. Lukfianka Sanjaya, Untari, Lilik, Nur Asiyah, Novianni Anggraini
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13904/1/22747-116324-1-PB.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13904/; http://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/1235
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

This study revisits Hymes’ ethnography of communication for game avatars, functioning as a communication nexus connecting games and gamers. Hymes formulates his ethnography of communication into SPEAKING (Settings and Scenes, Participants, Ends, Act Sequences, Keys, Instrumentalities, Norms, and Gen...