Merging Ludus and Mimesis: Playful Engagements with NPCs onTikTok

The paper combines ludic and memetic perspectives to understand the tension between variation and repetition in playful practices.Using the 'NPC trend' on TikTok as a case study, the analysis shows how non-game spaces and technologies are used in playful ways, and how repetition and "re-presentation" (mimesis) are necessary components in the ludification of creator-audience relationships.

Authors

Tanja Sihvonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3220-2814)
Kristine Ask (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1095-4567)

Institutions

NTNU Samfunnsforskning (NO)
University of Vaasa (FI)

Publication Details

Published: 2024-09-30
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26503/dl.v2024i2.2260
Primary Topic: FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
Type: article
Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 0.00

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Merging Ludus and Mimesis: Playful Engagements with NPCs onTikTok

Tanja Sihvonen, Kristine Ask

Sep 30, 2024

FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance

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Merging Ludus and Mimesis: Playful Engagements with NPCs onTikTok

Tanja Sihvonen, Kristine Ask

September 30, 2024article en

Abstract

The paper combines ludic and memetic perspectives to understand the tension between variation and repetition in playful practices.Using the 'NPC trend' on TikTok as a case study, the analysis shows how non-game spaces and technologies are used in playful ways, and how repetition and "re-presentation" (mimesis) are necessary components in the ludification of creator-audience relationships.

NTNU Samfunnsforskning (NO), University of Vaasa (FI)

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