Comments on: Double-coding

By: Fernando

Fernando — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 23:34:53 +0000

The problem or phenomena of double-coding is specially interesting in other way: fiction can be double-coded in order to engage both in avant-garde art and entertainment (for example, in “New Latin American Narrative”), and not just to approach different age groups (parents/kids). Thus we can speak of a form of “structural coupling” between two social systems – following the thoughts of sociologyst Niklas Luhmann. These (double-coded) works of fiction can then be read by the same person from two divergent points of view (or social systems). The problem of focalizing an audience is not then only a matter of distinguishing among people (parents/kids, or other distinctions of the like), but a matter of distinguishing among communicational “modus”.

By: Jesper

Jesper — Thu, 06 Jan 2005 22:31:32 +0000

But then most things have strong elements of risk and reward – what’s with Tony Hawk and Wall Street?

By: Aubrey

Aubrey — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 17:04:58 +0000

Strong themes of Risk vs. Reward in both.

But I guess that’s true of many, many games, and many, many movies. As I said, my head’s firmly up my own arse on this one.

By: Jesper

Jesper — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:35:16 +0000

Is Tony Hawks Pro Skater is an analogue of Oliver Stone?s Wall Street? How?

By: Aubrey

Aubrey — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 20:27:00 +0000

More of this in games, also, please! I’m (unfortunately) always picking up messages through the game mechanics which probably aren’t intentional. Once they are, I think I’ll be happy, and no longer quite firmly stuck up my own arse when I mention that Tony Hawks Pro Skater is an analogue of Oliver Stone’s Wall Street.

By: Jesper

Jesper — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:35:51 +0000

What can I say? It pays the rent.

By: Damion Schubert

Damion Schubert — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:27:43 +0000

I can’t believe you took a post designed solely to showcase a borderline obscene clip of a children’s show, and bent it to be included in the argument.

Friggin’ academics. =)

By: M

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 14:52:12 +0000

Double coding seems the ideal to me, but I can see a problem: different audiences ask for different discourses. A developer will never read long pages full of footnotes, and academics tend to despise writings in which the ideas are exposed in a clear way and that do not quote Aristotle at least twice.
I think the best idea is to have a double coded research interest, and to understand the needs of the different audiences, writing accordingly to the target group.
And perhaps “target groups” should be a little bit more open: footnotes have not killed anybody, and I have heard that it is possible to do game research without Aristotle’s presence (this one, yet to be confirmed).
Or not.