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University of Vaasa: Vaasa, FI

2019-12-02 to 2020-08 | Researcher (School of Marketing and Communication)
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Alesha Serada

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Vaasa: Vaasa, FI

2020-01-01 to present | Doctoral student (School of Marketing and Communication)
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Alesha Serada

European Humanities University: Vilnius, LT

2007-10-01 to 2019-02-28 | Master's Degree in Social Sciences (Department of Media and Communications/Social Sciences)
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Alesha Serada

Belarusian State University: Minsk, BY

2001-09-01 to 2006-07-24 | Specialist's Diploma in Oriental Philology (Philology Department)
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Funding (2)

PhD Thesis

2021-08 to 2022-07 | Grant
Evald ja Hilda Nissin Säätiö (Vaasa, Ostrobothnia, FI)
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132/2.52/2021

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PhD Thesis

2020-08 to 2021-07 | Grant
Evald ja Hilda Nissin Säätiö (Vaasa, Ostrobothnia, FI)
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68/2.52/2020

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Alesha Serada

Works (27)

CRYPTO PERSONALITIES AS CARNIVALESQUE JESTERS

Research in the Sociology of Organizations
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Serada, Alesha
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Realism in World of Tanks

2024-09-04 | Book chapter
Contributors: Alesha Serada; Jacek Mianowski
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NFT Communities as Societies of Producers

Non-Fungible Tokens
2024-03-07 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9781003435518
Contributors: Alesha Serada
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Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Alesha Serada
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Happier than Ever

2023-02-26 | Book chapter
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‘Died from Debeeration’: the Case of the First Belarusian Political Game

Studies in Eastern European Cinema
2023-01-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Alesha Serada
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Cryptogames as Drivers for Blockchain Application Development

2022 | Book chapter
Contributors: J. Tuomas Harviainen; Alesha Serada; Tanja Sihvonen
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From the Cradle to Battle: What Shapes the Careers of Female CS:GO Esports Players

Academic Mindtrek: International Academic Mindtrek Conference
2022 | Conference paper
Contributors: Balakina, D.; Serada, A.; Schott, G.
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The Economy of Attention on Blockchain in the Brave Browser

Futures of Journalism
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Alesha Serada; Jori Grym; Tanja Sihvonen
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DIGITAL IDENTITIES, NFTS AND AI IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR: SHOWCASING A DEMONSTRATOR

2022-03 | Conference paper
Contributors: Alexander Pfeiffer; Natalie Denk; Alesha Serada; Alexiei Dingli
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Red Comrades Save the Galaxy: Early Russian Adventure Games and the Tradition of Anecdote

Video Games and Comedy
2022-03-22 | Book chapter
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Part of ISSN: 2731-4332
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Death and the Plague in The Story of Wanderings

Mortality
2021-10-15 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1357-6275
Part of ISSN: 1469-9885
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Alesha Serada

Vintage CryptoKitties and the Quest for Authenticity

2021-08-17 | Conference paper
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The Obligatory Underwater Level: Posthuman Genealogy of Amphibian Human in Media

Corpus Mundi
2021-07-16 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2686-9055
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Alesha Serada

Will Kentucky Route Zero Take You to Twin Peaks? Tracing the Narrative of the American Weird

WiderScreen
2021-06-02 | Journal article
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Alesha Serada

Are Free-to-Play Games Evil? Reopening the Debate on Exploitation

PAIDIA
2021-01-21 | Journal article
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Alesha Serada

Book Review: Beil, Benjamin, Gundof S. Freyermuth, and Hanns Christian Schmidt, eds. Playing Utopia: Futures in Digital Games. transcript, 2019

The Popular Culture Studies Journal
2020 | Book review
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Alesha Serada

CryptoKitties and the New Ludic Economy: How Blockchain Introduces Value, Ownership, and Scarcity in Digital Gaming

Games and Culture
2020 | Journal article
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15554139 15554120

Contributors: Serada, A.; Sihvonen, T.; Harviainen, J.T.
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Cryptomarkets Gamified: What Can We Learn by Playing CryptoKitties?

Proceedings of the 2020 DiGRA International Conference: Play Everywhere
2020 | Conference paper
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Alesha Serada

The Continuous Materiality of Blockchain

Konferenzband zum Scientific Track der Blockchain Autumn School 2020
2020 | Conference paper
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1437-7624

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Alesha Serada

Existentialism for Gamers. Book Review: Gualeni S., Vella D. (2020) Virtual Existentialism. Meaning and Subjectivity in Virtual Worlds, Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan

Sociology of Power
2020-10 | Journal article
Contributors: A.S. Serada
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Book Review. Webley, Stephen J. and Peter Zackariasson, eds. The Playful Undead and Video Games: Critical Analyses of Zombies and Gameplay. Routledge, 2019

The Popular Culture Studies Journal
2020-09 | Book review
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Why Is CryptoKitties (Not) Gambling?

International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG '20), September 15--18, 2020, Bugibba, Malta
2020-09-19 | Conference paper
Part of ISBN: 978-1-4503-8807-8
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Alesha Serada

Playing nature: ecology in video games

Information, Communication & Society
2020-08 | Book review
Part of ISSN: 1369-118X
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Alesha Serada

Assassin at the Arcade. Book Review: Woodcock J. (2019) Marx at the Arcade. Consoles, Controllers and Class Struggle, Chicago, Illinois: Haymarket Books

Sociology of Power
2020-03-30 | Journal article
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Фантомные аффордансы в видеоиграх

Galactica Media: Journal of Media Studies
2019 | Journal article
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Alesha Serada

Сюрреалистическая анимация и предметный мир (на примере кинофильма «Алиса в Стране Чудес» Яна Шванкмайера)

Европа-2010: глобальное и локальное
2011 | Conference paper
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Alesha Serada