Jens Schroeder, born in 1979, studied Cultural and Media Studies in Germany, Sweden, and Australia. His main interests lie in the history of digital games, their integration into different societies, and Australia’s social history.

• Contents: German identity – German history – Australian identity – Australian history – Distinction – Mass culture – Popular culture – Mass media – Digital games – Videogames – Game history – Game discourses – Media history – Cinema – Radio – Television – Kultur – Zivilisation – Egalitarianism – Bushman – Norbert Elias – Pierre Bourdieu – Gerhard Schulze – Theodor W. Adorno – Frankfurt School.

Jens Schroeder, born in 1979, studied Cultural and Media Studies in Germany, Sweden, and Australia. His main interests lie in the history of digital games, their integration into different societies, and Australia’s social history.

• Contents: German identity – German history – Australian identity – Australian history – Distinction – Mass culture – Popular culture – Mass media – Digital games – Videogames – Game history – Game discourses – Media history – Cinema – Radio – Television – Kultur – Zivilisation – Egalitarianism – Bushman – Norbert Elias – Pierre Bourdieu – Gerhard Schulze – Theodor W. Adorno – Frankfurt School.

Jens Schroeder, born in 1979, studied Cultural and Media Studies in Germany, Sweden, and Australia. His main interests lie in the history of digital games, their integration into different societies, and Australia’s social history.

• Contents: German identity – German history – Australian identity – Australian history – Distinction – Mass culture – Popular culture – Mass media – Digital games – Videogames – Game history – Game discourses – Media history – Cinema – Radio – Television – Kultur – Zivilisation – Egalitarianism – Bushman – Norbert Elias – Pierre Bourdieu – Gerhard Schulze – Theodor W. Adorno – Frankfurt School.