Year: 2011
Type: dissertation
Abstract: is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. Confucious Looking back over the past few years of my doctoral studies and comparing my own process with experiences and stories of other PhD students, I feel I have reached this point in a relatively smooth and straightforward way. Leaving aside the psychological tendency to avoid a state of cognitive dissonance – and find ways to rationalise bad decisions as somehow making sense – I genuinely see the past four years as a wonderfully rewarding period, perhaps one of the best times in my life thus far. Many deserve thanks for making this voyage the pleasure it has been. I have had the privilege to have three supervisors for my dissertation process. D.Sc., Adjunct Professor Jussi Puhakainen has been an invaluable guide and mentor throughout the PhD process. It would be impossible to list all the things he deserves credit for in the past four years and more, I shall simply state that,
Source: UTUPub (University of Turku)
Author: Matti Mäntymäki
Language: English
Topic: Digital Games and Media
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2284974352