William Freivogel 
SIU Foundation 
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE HAS CHANGED TO APRIL 7TH
The Global Media Research Center is pleased to sponsor a lecture and discussion with Professor Mia Consalvo (Ohio University) on Monday, April 7th,at 4:30 PM in Communications 1032.
This talk explores how North American and Japanese players negotiate the shared space of Final Fantasy XI Online. Professor Consalvo will discuss how a particular subgroup of players (North American otaku) successfully utilize game resources such as the Auto-Translate System as well as create their own artifacts and practices, in order to establish a space where players from different countries, cultures and language groups can not only co-exist, but interact in ways not found in other forms of media consumption.
Mia Consalvo is an associate professor and director of graduate studies in the School of Telecommunications at Ohio University. She is the author of Cheating: Gaining Advantage in Videogames from MIT Press, and she is currently researching the interplay of Japanese and United States culture in the formation of the digital games industry. Professor Consalvo is also the Vice President of the Association of Internet Researchers, and is on the steering committee of Women in Games International.
This is a free event and all are welcome. For more information, contact Laura Germann at
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or 618-453-6876.
