In a footnote on page 287, Greenfield says “preference was given to meta-analyses and peer-reviewed journal publications in instances where the research field of the topic was established”. It appears that this book’s first draft was opinion and commentary, and then a just-graduated doctoral student provided the references. Amazingly, she was available and willing to help ensure that the manuscript, then in a first draft, encompassed the wide range of research into digital technologies.” Olivia had just finished a PhD on video games at the Australian National University in Canberra and was unsure of the path she wished to take. However once again fate took a hand, and, at a beach party in Melbourne in December 2012, I was fortunate enough to meet Olivia Metcalf. In the preface, Greenfield says she realised that “discovering and collating such a wide range of diverse types of material would be, indeed is, extremely daunting.
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