Collins is the only Introduction to Business book to teach students the topics of business through an in-depth study of a single company--Nike. How do you show your students the relationships between what they are learning in the classroom and what happens in the real business world? What happens when your students don’t see the connections between the theory they are learning in the classroom and what is happening in the real business world?

Exploring Business

Business & Money

Collins, Karen

Economics

Pearson College Div

Collins is the only Introduction to Business book to teach students the topics of business through an in-depth study of a single company—Nike Canada. By focusing on this one company, Exploring Business, is able to clearly show students the relationships between what they are learning in the classroom and what happens in the real business world.

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An examination of the player's experience of sound in video games and the many ways that players interact with the sonic elements in games. 
In Playing with Sound, Karen Collins examines video game sound from the player's perspective. She explores the many ways that players interact with a game's sonic aspects―which include not only music but also sound effects, ambient sound, dialogue, and interface sounds―both within and outside of the game. She investigates the ways that meaning is found, embodied, created, evoked, hacked, remixed, negotiated, and renegotiated by players in the space of interactive sound in games.
Drawing on disciplines that range from film studies and philosophy to psychology and computer science, Collins develops a theory of interactive sound experience that distinguishes between interacting with sound and simply listening without interacting. Her conceptual approach combines practice theory (which focuses on productive and consumptive practices around media) and embodied cognition (which holds that our understanding of the world is shaped by our physical interaction with it).
Collins investigates the multimodal experience of sound, image, and touch in games; the role of interactive sound in creating an emotional experience through immersion and identification with the game character; the ways in which sound acts as a mediator for a variety of performative activities; and embodied interactions with sound beyond the game, including machinima, chip-tunes, circuit bending, and other practices that use elements from games in sonic performances.

Playing with Sound: A Theory of Interacting with Sound and Music in Video Games

Computers & Technology

Games & Strategy Guides

The MIT Press

Game Sound: An Introduction to the History, Theory, and Practice of Video Game Music and Sound Design (Mit Press)

An examination of the many complex aspects of game audio, from the perspectives of both sound design and music composition.
A distinguishing feature of video games is their interactivity, and sound plays an important role in this: a player's actions can trigger dialogue, sound effects, ambient sound, and music. And yet game sound has been neglected in the growing literature on game studies. This book fills that gap, introducing readers to the many complex aspects of game audio, from its development in early games to theoretical discussions of immersion and realism. In Game Sound, Karen Collins draws on a range of sources―including composers, sound designers, voice-over actors and other industry professionals, Internet articles, fan sites, industry conferences, magazines, patent documents, and, of course, the games themselves―to offer a broad overview of the history, theory, and production practice of video game audio. Game Sound has two underlying themes: how and why games are different from or similar to film or other linear audiovisual media; and technology and the constraints it has placed on the production of game audio. Collins focuses first on the historical development of game audio, from penny arcades through the rise of home games and the recent rapid developments in the industry. She then examines the production process for a contemporary game at a large game company, discussing the roles of composers, sound designers, voice talent, and audio programmers; considers the growing presence of licensed intellectual property (particularly popular music and films) in games; and explores the function of audio in games in theoretical terms. Finally, she discusses the difficulties posed by nonlinearity and interactivity for the composer of game music.

Game Sound: An Introduction to the History, Theory, and Practice of Video Game Music and Sound Design (The MIT Press)

An introduction to the concepts and principles of sound design practice, with more than 175 exercises that teach readers to put theory into practice This book offers an introduction to the principles and concepts of sound design practice, from technical aspects of sound effects to the creative use of sound in storytelling. Most books on sound design focus on sound for the moving image. Studying Sound is unique in its exploration of sound on its own as a medium and rhetorical device. It includes more than 175 exercises that enable readers to put theory into practice as they progress through the chapters. The book begins with an examination of the distinction between hearing and listening (with exercises to train the ears) and then offers an overview of sound as an acoustic phenomenon. It introduces recording sound, covering basic recording accessories as well as theories about recording and perception; explores such spatial effects as reverberation and echo; and surveys other common digital sound effects, including tremolo, vibrato, and distortion. It introduces the theory and practice of mixing; explains surround and spatial sound; and considers sound and meaning, discussing ideas from semiotics and psychology. Finally, drawing on material presented in the preceding chapters, the book explores in detail using sound to support story, with examples from radio plays, audio dramas, and podcasts. Studying Sound is suitable for classroom use or independent study.

Studying Sound: A Theory and Practice of Sound Design

Computer Science

In Playing with Sound, Karen Collins examines video game sound from the player's perspective. She explores the many ways that players interact with a game's sonic aspects -- which include not only music but also sound effects, ambient sound, dialogue, and interface sounds -- both within and outside of the game. She investigates the ways that meaning is found, embodied, created, evoked, hacked, remixed, negotiated, and renegotiated by players in the space of interactive sound in games. Drawing on disciplines that range from film studies and philosophy to psychology and computer science, Collins develops a theory of interactive sound experience that distinguishes between interacting with sound and simply listening without interacting. Her conceptual approach combines practice theory (which focuses on productive and consumptive practices around media) and embodied cognition (which holds that our understanding of the world is shaped by our physical interaction with it). Collins investigates the multimodal experience of sound, image, and touch in games; the role of interactive sound in creating an emotional experience through immersion and identification with the game character; the ways in which sound acts as a mediator for a variety of performative activities; and embodied interactions with sound beyond the game, including machinima, chip-tunes, circuit bending, and other practices that use elements from games in sonic performances.

Management & Leadership

PRENTICE/HALL

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Exploring Business

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Playing with Sound: A Theory of Interacting with Sound and Music in Video Games

Game Sound: An Introduction to the History, Theory, and Practice of Video Game Music and Sound Design (The MIT Press)

Studying Sound: A Theory and Practice of Sound Design

Playing with Sound: A Theory of Interacting with Sound and Music in Video Games

Game Sound: An Introduction to the History, Theory, and Practice of Video Game Music and Sound Design (Mit Press)

Exploring Business

Exploring Business, Version 4.0 (Silver Level Access Pass)