Disneylands of War: Militarizing Play

2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22653062
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
• Principal Investigator: MANTELLO Peter A 立命館アジア太平洋大学, アジア太平洋学部, 教授 (10454977)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Keywords: Media / War / Videogames / Virtual war / Political violence / Militarization

Research Abstract

This research grant allowed me to conduct extensive field workin United States and Europe. Besides publishing two articles in A ranked journals, I wasalso able to complete the production of a multiplatform website - where many of my fieldinterviews are now hosted for public/academic consumption.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Legitimacy and the Virtual Battlefield: Putting the First Person Shooter on the Witness Stand. (2013)
  • Author(s): Mantello, Peter.
  • Journal Title: Australian Journal of International Affairs Volume: To be published in November
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Playing discreet war in the US: Negotiating subjecthood and sovereignty through Special Forces video games. (2012)
  • Author(s): Mantello, Peter.
  • Journal Title: Media, War & Conflict 5 Volume: 3 Pages: 269-283
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Cyberwar, Cyber War Is Coming (2012)
  • Author(s): Mantello, Peter.
  • Organizer: Department of International Relations
  • Place of Presentation: Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales.
  • Year and Date: 20120000
• [Presentation] Building multi-platform media projects for interdisciplinary work in IR and Media Studies. (2011)
  • Author(s): Mantello, Peter.
  • Organizer: International Studies Association
  • Place of Presentation: Montreal, Canada
  • Year and Date: 20110000
• [Presentation] (2011)
  • Author(s): Mantello, Peter.
  • Organizer: War 3.0 Workshop on Political Violence and New Media.
  • Place of Presentation: Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan (workshop organizer).
  • Year and Date: 20110000
• [Presentation] East/West Power Relations through Videogames of the Cold War. (2011)
  • Author(s): Mantello, Peter.
  • Organizer: Cold War Cultures
  • Place of Presentation: University of Texas, Austin, Texas,USA.
  • Year and Date: 20110000
• [Presentation] Dangers of Embedded War Reporting. (2010)
  • Author(s): Mantello, Peter.
  • Organizer: Genocide/Journalism.
  • Place of Presentation: Department of Genocide Studies,Yale University, Connecticut, USA.
  • Year and Date: 20100000
• [Presentation] From Joysticks to Tomahawks Oceanic (2010)
  • Author(s): Mantello, Peter.
  • Organizer: Conference of International Studies
  • Place of Presentation: University of Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Year and Date: 20100000
• [Presentation] Legitimizing war through military themed videogames. (2010)
  • Author(s): Mantello, Peter.
  • Organizer: The Politics of Popular Culture
  • Place of Presentation: Temple University, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Year and Date: 20100000