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| moshi monsters closing down: Moshi Monsters Character Encyclopedia Claire Sipi, Steve Cleverley, Lauren Holowaty, 2013 Take a trip to Monstro City and meet every single one of your favourite characters You've played Moshi Monsters, now learn about their amazing and colourful world from beginning to end with Moshi Monsters Character Encyclopedia. Every single one of the Moshi Monsters is covered, each with their own page stuffed full of fun Moshi facts, stats and stories, plus every copy comes with your very own free and exclusive Moshling! Learn fun new facts about all of your favourite Monstro City residents. From the monsters you love, like Katsuma, Luvli, Diavlo and Poppet, to places like Babs' Boutique and the amazing Moshlings - it's all in Moshi Monsters Character Encyclopedia. Full of colour and full of fun - just like the game - Moshi Monsters Character Encyclopedia is a must-have for any Moshi Monster fan. |
| moshi monsters closing down: Moshling Collector's Guide Steve Cleverley, 2011-03 Monstro City's top Moshling collector, Buster Bumblechops, shares his tips on collecting all the little Moshlings roaming wild in the world of Moshi Monsters. --Back cover. |
| moshi monsters closing down: Moshi Monsters - Monstar Rooms Handbook Sunbird Books Staff, Ladybird Books Staff, 2010-12-31 Keep your monster smiling with crazy themes, super stuff for decorating its home and loads of cook stickers! With top tips from home fashion expert, Tyra Fangs, your house could be a contender for monster room of the week! Adopt your own Moshi Monster now at www.moshimonsters.com |
| moshi monsters closing down: Moshi Monsters - The Great Moshling Egg Jonathan Green, Steve Cleverley, Jocelyn Stevenson, 2013 Relive the excitement of the first ever Moshi Monsters movie! This retelling of the adventures of Katsuma, Poppet, Furi, Luvli, Diavlo and Zommer as they come up against Dr. Strangeglove and his dastardly schemes is the perfect page-turner stocking filler for all Moshi Monsters fans! |
| moshi monsters closing down: Moshi Monsters Super Search Moshi Monsters, Bill Scollon, 2013-05-28 Moshi Monster Super Search™ is jam-packed with all kinds of visual puzzles that will delight fans of this web phenomenon. Puzzles include Moshi monster-themed mazes, picture search puzzles and matching games, spot the difference activities, memory games, and much more. Colorful artwork featuring the playful Moshi Monsters makes this book stand out from the puzzle pack! |
| moshi monsters closing down: Moshi Monsters Pick Your Path 1: Disco Mystery , 2011-08-04 Based on the awesome online world of Moshi Monsters, this Pick Your Path book allows you to become your monster and explore Monstro City in this exciting adventure. Decide where the story takes you and how it will end! There's something strange going on in Monstro City. The Underground Disco has gone eerily silent . . . One of the fangtastic Fizzbangs has gone missing and the other bands are refusing to perform until their friend has returned! Will you see if you can find them, or seek your own monSTARdom in Rockstar Reef? Pick your path and decide! |
| moshi monsters closing down: Moshi Monsters Monstrous Biographies: Zack Binspin Ruby Scribblez, 2013-03-07 The must-have Moshi Monsters Monstrous Biography for Zack Binspin fans! Moptop Tweenybop and Moshi Music singing sensation Zack Binspin reveals all to his fans in this awesome biography written by Ruby Scribblez. Chart Zack's early days in Brashcan Alley, to the meeting with Simon Growl that made him a star and started the Binspinmania craze across Monstro City! Enhance your Moshi Monsters experience with more brilliant children's books from Puffin. Other books in the series include Monstrous Biographies of Cap'n Buck and Dr. Strangeglove. Want more Moshi? Adopt your monster now at www.moshimonsters.com |
| moshi monsters closing down: Game On! Oli Smith, Sunbird, 2011 GAME ON! Get your game on in this gorgeous, goo-splatting game guide! Introduced by Raarghly – Monstro City's Games Starcade expert – this guide will show you all you need to know about game-playing tactics, strategies and secret info on all the games in Monstro City AND the Moshi Fun Park. Plus there's a free cool virtual gift for your monster's room! |
| moshi monsters closing down: My Moshi Monster Joke Book Sunbird Books Staff, Ladybird Books Staff, 2010 Filled with funnies and jam-packed with jokes, this hilarious Moshi Monsters joke book will tickle you and your monster with laughter! |
| moshi monsters closing down: Moshi Monsters Ultimate Sticker Collection Kindersley Dorling, 2012-08-22 Step inside Monstro City and enter the colourful and exciting world of Moshi Monsters You've played Moshi Monsters online, now create the amazing and colourful world of the Moshi Monsters and their Moshlings all over again with Moshi Monsters Ultimate Sticker Collection. Over 1000 crazy, colourful, reusable stickers will let you play and learn fun new facts about all of your favourite Monstro City residents. From the monsters you love, like Katsuma, Luvli, Diavlo and Poppet, to places like Babs' Boutique and the amazing Moshlings - the fun stickers come with fascinating facts about their amazing world. Full of colour and full of fun - just like the game - Moshi Monsters Ultimate Sticker Collection is a must-have for any Moshi Monster fan. |
| moshi monsters closing down: One Hundred and One Moshi Things to Make and Do Sunbird, 2013 Have hours of Moshi fun with the Moshi Monsters 101 things to Make and Do book. If you love Moshi Monsters, you'll love to make, bake and play with all the exciting toys, gifts and games in this bumper book of 101 things to make and do! Sew your own IGGY T-shirt, bake a Glump cupcake, make pop-up Twistmas cards and discover new games to play with friends. The perfect gift to keep any Moshi fan busy for days!Want more Moshi? Adopt your monster now at www.moshimonsters.com |
| moshi monsters closing down: The Ultimate Moshling Collector's Guide Steve Cleverley, 2012 Monstro City's top Moshling Collector, Buster Bumblechops, shares his tips on collecting all the little Moshlings roaming wild in the world. This ultimate edition features eighty-five Moshlings, as well as an exclusive Secret Moshling, Roxy to download and add to your Zoo! |
| moshi monsters closing down: Dr. Strangeglove Ruby Scribblez, Steve Cleverley, 2012 Dr. Strangeglove terrorises the Moshi Monsters and all of Monstro City! Find out all about his days at the Super Moshiversity, his hatred of all Moshlings (especially White Fang the Musky Husky) and how he builds his Glumping machines in this biography of the master of mayhem. Written by Monstro City's biographer to the stars, Ruby Scribblez. |
| moshi monsters closing down: Buster's Lost Moshlings Sunbird, 2011 BUSTER'S LOST MOSHLINGS- A Search-and-Find Book Buster Bumblechopsneeds YOU!There's been a break-in at Buster's secret ranch and his Moshlingshave gone missing. Have they escaped? Or has the sinister Dr. Strangeglovetaken them? With killer pictures that will take all of Roary Scrawl'seyes and more, help Buster search through Monstro Cityand round up all his Moshlings. Yeehaw! |
| moshi monsters closing down: Calm Michael Acton Smith, 2016-03-17 This e-book is a shorter version of the paperback, with the same beautifully designed content excluding the practical exercise pages - perfect to dip in and out, and choose which bits work best for you. Join the Calm revolution. Modern life is hectic and relentless: trains delayed, endless emails filling the inbox, kids squabbling before bedtime... There has never been a more important time to rediscover your pause button. Calm is the book that will show you how to take back a little bit of peace, space and all-important calm. This book contains the simple tools, tricks and habits that will change the rest your life. It is a practical and pleasurable guide to twenty-first century mindfulness. Regular meditation is medically proven to be good for you - it increases focus and creativity, productivity and job satisfaction, mental and even physical health. But in reality most of us don't have time to sit on a cushion with our eyes closed for half an hour every day. And many people associate meditation with hard work and huge lifestyle shifts: you might be imagining Buddhist monks locked in a mountain retreat and living off gruel... This is where Calm comes in. Calm is about simple, achievable habits that work with the demands of your busy life instead of pretending those demands don't exist. Calm does not require specialist training: it uses abilities that every single one of us is born with, like creativity, spontaneity and simply noticing the world around you. Calm is not a set of rules that you need to worry about following or breaking. It is inspirational, practical and non-prescriptive. Onerous, time-consuming meditation might seem out of reach but everyone can achieve calm - including you. Calm combines extracts from fascinating neurological research with wisdom from history's great thinkers and the real-life experiences of individuals across the globe. It demystifies mindfulness and shows you the many simple ways to be mindful while carrying on with your life. It is also a beautifully crafted object, filled with artwork and artistry, that will change your perspective by showing you the pleasures of the world anew. Take a walk with nowhere to go, savour a chocolate on the tip of your tongue, plant a seed, doodle aimlessly, turn off your mobile phone for five short minutes. Smile, breathe and go slowly. Michael Acton Smith has written a game-changing book, one that will finally balance everyone's need for calm with the realities of modern life. Join the Calm revolution. Calm your mind; change your world. Calm.com @calm |
| moshi monsters closing down: Discourse and Digital Practices Rodney H Jones, Alice Chik, Christoph Hafner, 2015-02-11 Discourse and Digital Practices shows how tools from discourse analysis can be used to help us understand new communication practices associated with digital media, from video gaming and social networking to apps and photo sharing. This cutting-edge book: draws together fourteen eminent scholars in the field including James Paul Gee, David Barton, Ilana Snyder, Phil Benson, Victoria Carrington, Guy Merchant, Camilla Vasquez, Neil Selwyn and Rodney Jones answers the central question: How does discourse analysis enable us to understand digital practices? addresses a different type of digital media in each chapter demonstrates how digital practices and the associated new technologies challenge discourse analysts to adapt traditional analytic tools and formulate new theories and methodologies examines digital practices from a wide variety of approaches including textual analysis, conversation analysis, interactional sociolinguistics, multimodal discourse analysis, object ethnography, geosemiotics, and critical discourse analysis. Discourse and Digital Practices will be of interest to advanced students studying courses on digital literacies or language and digital practices. |
| moshi monsters closing down: Youth Cultures in a Globalized World Gerald Knapp, Hannes Krall, 2021-03-06 This book examines the relation between the phenomenon of globalization, changes in the lifeworld of young people and the development of specific youth cultures. It explores the social, political, economic and cultural impact of globalization on young people. Growing diversity in their lifeworlds, technological development, migration and the ubiquity of digital communication and representation of the world open up new forms of self-representation, networking and political expression, which are described and discussed in the book. Other topics are the impact of globalization on work and economy, global environmental issues such as climate change, political movements which put “nationalism first”, change of youth`s values and the significance of body, gender and beauty. The book highlights the challenges of young people in modern life, as well as the way in which they express themselves and engage in society – in culture, politics, work and social life. |
| moshi monsters closing down: Understanding Digital Literacies Rodney H. Jones, Christoph A. Hafner, 2012-05-31 Assuming no knowledge of linguistics, Understanding Digital Literacies provides an accessible and timely introduction to new media literacies. It supplies readers with the theoretical and analytical tools with which to explore the linguistic and social impact of a host of new digital literacy practices. Each chapter in the volume covers a different topic, presenting an overview of the major concepts, issues, problems and debates surrounding the topic, while also encouraging students to reflect on and critically evaluate their own language and communication practices. Features include: coverage of a diverse range of digital media texts, tools and practices including blogging, hypertextual organisation, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia, websites and games an extensive range of examples and case studies to illustrate each topic, such as how blogs have affected our thinking about communication, how the creation and sharing of digital images and video can bring about shifts in social roles, and how the design of multiplayer online games for children can promote different ideologies a variety of discussion questions and mini-ethnographic research projects involving exploration of various patterns of media production and communication between peers, for example in the context of Wikinomics and peer production, social networking and civic participation, and digital literacies at work end of chapter suggestions for further reading and links to key web and video resources a companion website providing supplementary material for each chapter, including summaries of key issues, additional web-based exercises, and links to further resources such as useful websites, articles, videos and blogs. This book will provide a key resource for undergraduate and graduate students studying courses in new media and digital literacies. |
| moshi monsters closing down: How They Started Digital David Lester, 2012-06-22 Bringing to life the stories behind the world's most successful digital businesses, How They Started Digital showcases profiles from gaming companies to social media brands. Giving insight and inspiration, each profile reveals how each idea originated and became the success it is today. |
| moshi monsters closing down: Build Your Own Web Site Chris Martin, 2013-12-15 In this informative and entertaining guide, readers are taught how to build their own Web sites, including how to make them look great and how to master all the lingo. Included are show-and-tells about how the Internet works, where Web sites live, how to write code, how to add text, images, and video, and how to add special features to Web sites such as apps and widgets. This invaluable guide that will have readers building their own Web sites in less than an hour also supports Common Core Standards for technical accounts and text. |
| moshi monsters closing down: A Practical Guide to Business Creativity Jodie Newman, 2013-11-07 Introducing Business Creativity: A Practical Guide provides innovative techniques and proven theories to help you improve your creative thinking and get more out of yourself and your business. Whether you are trying to develop entirely new initiatives or redesign the way you operate, this book will help you break out of your old patterns of thought, think outside the box and generate pioneering ideas that you can put into action. Introducing Practical Guides bring you the world's greatest theories and research to improve your life, your skills and your well-being. Packed full of straightforward, realistic advice that has immediate results, Practical Guides are engineered by experts in their fields to help you achieve your goals. |
| moshi monsters closing down: the disgrace of myspace Richard David Kennedy, 2008-06-26 A slightly different look at the world's largest social networking and fifth largest English-speaking portal, filled with literally hundreds of facetious annotations that will leave you snickering, if not rollicking. Seen through Kennedy's penetrating (often merciless) eye, this is a book that will show you another reality- the virtual and the absurd, as offered by the actual members themselves. Is this an exposé? Not quite. This is where you will find a rather large sample of those Spacers, who are so eager to find Mr. Right, fame and fortune, or just their fifteen minutes in the world's limelight, exposing themselves, quite unlike you may have expected. Don't credit the author(s); credit the members themselves for making it all possible...Newcomers, as well as those who've been around MySpace for awhile, will find this snippet of societal arrogance and self-centeredness simply irresistible. |
| moshi monsters closing down: Spooky Sticker Activity Book Grosset & Dunlap, Grosset and Dunlap Staff, 2014-08-14 Simon Growl threw an enormous Halloween party for everyone in Moshi Land, but he’s nowhere to be found! Was he kidnapped? It’s up to the Moshi Monsters to solve the mystery. Moshi Monsters fans will love this spooky sticker book packed with exciting puzzles, awesome activities, and lots of stickers. A great value for $6.99. |
| moshi monsters closing down: Secrets of Success in Brand Licensing Andrew Levy, 2011-10-11 Brand Licensing is the most exciting and inspiring element of the marketing mix, reaching all of us in every product sector from clothing, food, giftware, household, music and publishing to stationery and toys. Brand Licenses can come from a fantastic variety of backgrounds including the arts, design, entertainment, celebrities, online and sport. Whether you are a brand owner looking to license out your brand or a manufacturer thinking of buying into a license, getting it RIGHT has never been so important. Secrets of $uccess in Brand Licensing is written by Brand Licensing Industry experts, Andrew Levy and Judy Bartkowiak who share their years of practical experience and contacts worldwide to bring you the inside story on todays successful brand licensing campaigns. What is Brand Licensing?; What makes a successful Brand License?; The process of Brand Licensing; The role of key players in Brand Licensing; Promoting your Brand License; Maximising Retail Impact; Keeping up with information and news on Brand Licensing. There is a plethora of successful globally Licensed Brands all competing for a share of retail space. This book is the key to unlocking the inside track on Brand Licensing. |
| moshi monsters closing down: Gambling Regulation and Vulnerability Malgorzata Anna Carran, 2018-03-30 Since the UK Gambling Act of 2005 was introduced, gambling has stopped being seen, politically and legally as an inherent vice and is now viewed as a legitimate form of entertainment. Gambling Regulation and Vulnerability explores the laws around gambling that aim to protect society and individuals, examining the differences between regulatory rhetoric and the impact of legislative and regulatory measures. Malgorzata Carran finds that although the Gambling Act introduced many positive changes to gambling regulation, it has created an environment in which protection of vulnerable individuals becomes difficult. Carran challenges the existing legislative premise that regulation alone is able to balance the effect of liberalisation for those who are vulnerable. |
| moshi monsters closing down: Windows Vista , 2008 As the official publication for Windows Vista, we cover Microsoft’s latest OS with more depth, passion and clarity than any other magazine on the market. Each issue is packed with tips, tricks and service elements on every page. We give you an insider’s tour of the operating system and illustrate how to get the most out of your PC. |
| moshi monsters closing down: Digital Literacies Mark Pegrum, Nicky Hockly, Gavin Dudeney, 2014-06-03 Dramatic shifts in our communication landscape have made it crucial for language teaching to go beyond print literacy and encompass the digital literacies which are increasingly central to learners' personal, social, educational and professional lives. By situating these digital literacies within a clear theoretical framework, this book provides educators and students alike with not just the background for a deeper understanding of these key 21st-century skills, but also the rationale for integrating these skills into classroom practice. This is the first methodology book to address not just why but also how to teach digital literacies in the English language classroom. This book provides: A theoretical framework through which to categorise and prioritise digital literacies Practical classroom activities to help learners and teachers develop digital literacies in tandem with key language skills A thorough analysis of the pedagogical implications of developing digital literacies in teaching practice A consideration of exactly how to integrate digital literacies into the English language syllabus Suggestions for teachers on how to continue their own professional development through PLNs (Personal Learning Networks), and how to access teacher development opportunities online This book is ideal for English language teachers and learners of all age groups and levels, academics and students researching digital literacies, and anyone looking to expand their understanding of digital literacies within a teaching framework. |
| moshi monsters closing down: Always On Rory Cellan-Jones, 2021-05-13 'Delightfully insightful and intensely readable [...] There is an energy and drama to Rory's writing which nonetheless leaves space for us, the reader, to make up our minds' – Stephen Fry The inside story of how tech became personal and pernicious, from the BBC's technology correspondent. We live at a time when billions have access to unbelievably powerful technology. The most extraordinary tool that has been invented in the last century, the smartphone, is forcing radical changes in the way we live and work - and unlike previous technologies it is in the hands of just about everyone. Coupled with the rise of social media, this has ushered in a new era of deeply personal technology, where individuals now have the ability to work, create and communicate on their own terms, rather than wait for permission from giant corporations or governments. At least that is the optimistic view. This book takes readers on an entertaining ride through this turbulent era, as related by an author with a ringside seat to the key moments of the technology revolution. We remember the excitement and wonder that came with the arrival of Apple's iPhone with all the promise it offered. We see tech empires rise and fall as these devices send shockwaves through every industry and leave the corporate titans of the analogue era floundering in their wake. We see that early utopianism about the potential of the mobile social revolution to transform society for the better fade, as criminals, bullies and predators poison the well of social media. And we hear from those at the forefront of the tech revolution, including Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, Tim Berners-Lee, Martha Lane-Fox and Jimmy Wales, to gain their unique insights and predictions for what may be to come. Always On immerses the reader in the most important story of our times – the dramatic impact of hyperconnectivity, the smartphone and social media on everything from our democracy to our employment and our health. The final section of the book draws on the author's own personal experience with technology and medicine, considering how COVID-19 made us look again to computing in our battle to confront the greatest challenge of modern times. |
| moshi monsters closing down: House of Commons - Culture, Media and Sport Committee: Supporting The Creative Economy - Volume I: HC 674 Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee, 2013-09-26 This report warns that the extraordinary success of the UK's creative industries may be jeopardised by any dilution of intellectual property rights and the failure to tackle online piracy. The Committee also strongly condemns the failure of Google in particular to tackle access of copyright infringing websites through its search engine. Such illegal piracy, combined with proposals arising from the Hargreaves review to introduce copyright exceptions, and a failure to strengthen copyright enforcement as envisaged by the Digital Economy Act 2010, together threaten the livelihoods of the individuals and industries that contribute over £36 billion annually to the UK economy. Also, the Olympics No Marketing Rights scheme is excessively restrictive and is preventing British creative companies from realising the benefits they deserve from the Olympic legacy. The Committee calls for: a central champion of Intellectual Property in Government to promote and protect the interests of UK intellectual property; the maximum penalty for serious online IP theft to be increased to 10 years imprisonment, in line with the punishment for such offences in the physical world; more evidence and scrutiny before any exceptions to copyright such as those suggested by Hargreaves are applied; redoubled efforts to ensure that the video games tax credit is approved by the European Commission and introduced as soon as possible; reforms to the income tax and tax reliefs systems to recognise adequately the freelance nature of much creative work; greater recognition of the importance of arts subjects in the curriculum. |
| moshi monsters closing down: Britannia Unchained Kwasi Kwarteng, P. Patel, Dominic Raab, Chris Skidmore, Elizabeth Truss, 2016-11-09 Britain is at a cross-roads; from the economy, to the education system, to social mobility, Britain must learn the rules of the 21st century, or face a slide into mediocrity. Brittania Unchained travels around the world, exploring the nations that are triumphing in this new age, seeking lessons Britain must implement to carve out a bright future. |
| moshi monsters closing down: Developing Mathematical Proficiency for Elementary Instruction Yeping Li, Roger E. Howe, W. James Lewis, James J. Madden, 2021-04-23 The need to improve the mathematical proficiency of elementary teachers is well recognized, and it has long been of interest to educators and researchers in the U.S. and many other countries. But the specific proficiencies that elementary teachers need and the process of developing and improving them remain only partially conceptualized and not well validated empirically. To improve this situation, national workshops were organized at Texas A&M University to generate focused discussions about this important topic, with participation of mathematicians, mathematics educators and teachers. Developing Mathematical Proficiency for Elementary Instruction is a collection of articles that grew out of those exciting cross-disciplinary exchanges. Developing Mathematical Proficiency for Elementary Instruction is organized to probe the specifics of mathematical proficiency that are important to elementary teachers during two separate but inter-connected professional stages: as pre-service teachers in a preparation program, and as in-service teachers teaching mathematics in elementary classrooms. From this rich and inspiring collection, readers may better understand, and possibly rethink, their own practices and research in empowering elementary teachers mathematically and pedagogically, as educators or researchers. |
| moshi monsters closing down: Our House 2: Time to Shine Tom Easton, 2016-08-25 Can Chloe Deal dazzle on stage, with some help from the builders at home? Dad's weird and wonderful extended family are coming to stay at Christmas, and in preparation the Deal house is finally going to be redecorated! Dad's taken a job in Germany to pay for it, but as the builders start work they uncover more serious problems with the house.. Will Dad ever be able to move back home? Chloe has landed a starring role in her school play, but Imogen is the lead, and being as insufferable as ever. She even has a stage-kiss with Thomas! Can Mum and the kids pull off two school plays, a house refurbishment and a supersize Deal family Christmas? Another warm, funny family story from OUR HOUSE. |
| moshi monsters closing down: Changing Play: Play, Media and Commercial Culture from the 1950s to the Present Day Jackie Marsh, Julia Bishop, 2013-10-16 This book explores changes in the nature of the relationship between play, media and commercial culture through a comparison of play in the 1950s/60s and the present day, examining the continuities and discontinuities in play over time. There are many aspects of play which remain the same today as they were sixty years ago, which relate to the purposes of play, the way in which children weave in material from a range of sources in their play, including media, and how they play with each other. Differences in play between now and the mid-twentieth century are due to the very different social and cultural worlds children now inhabit, in which technology is central to many play activities. Challenging deficit notions of play in contemporary society and providing evidence to contest the recurrent myth of the disappearance of play, the book: Provides an historical account of changes in the relationship between play, media and commercial culture over the past sixty years Offers fascinating, illuminating and direct accounts of children playing in the 1950s / 60s and today Engages with the work of the renowned folklorists Iona and Peter Opie and reviews their legacy Addresses key issues such as outdoor play, technology and play, and gender and play Changing Play recovers the groundbreaking work of Iona and Peter Opie, making it relevant and consequential for the contemporary study of children, play and media cultures. Marsh and Bishop convincingly demonstrate how children's play practices, when approached on their own terms, exhibit a persistent dynamism that cannot and should not be reduced to simple exclamations of panic or celebration. Daniel Thomas Cook, Department of Childhood Studies, Rutgers University USA Using the work of Iona and Peter Opie as a benchmark, Changing Play tracks the continuities in children's play and the changes that have taken place over the past half-century. The research juxtaposes the memories of children who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s with observations of and conversations with today's children in Sheffield and London; in doing so it allays much of the current anxiety about consumption and the media. Timely and topical, Changing Play will find its place alongside the Opies' classic volumes. Hugh Cunningham, University of Kent, UKAuthor of The Invention of Childhood This important new text challenges the prevailing view that children's play has been contaminated by access to digital technologies. In exploring accounts of children's play from the 1950s and 60s to the present day against the backdrop of rapid changes within media and commercial markets, the authors skillfully reveal the particular ways in which children's play has changed and stayed the same. In so doing, they invite the reader to reject romantic notions of 'lost childhoods' and embrace the realities and richness of children's play in the 21st century. I highly recommend this book. Professor Trisha Maynard, Director, Research Centre for Children, Families and Communities, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK |
| moshi monsters closing down: Global Games Aphra Kerr, 2017-03-27 In the last decade our mobile phones have been infiltrated by angry birds, our computers by leagues of legends and our social networks by pleas for help down on the farm. As digital games have become networked, mobile and casual they have become a pervasive cultural form. Based on original empirical work, including interviews with workers, virtual ethnographies in online games and analysis of industry related documents, Global Games provides a political, economic and sociological analysis of the growth and restructuring of the digital games industry over the past decade. Situating the games industry as both cultural and creative and examining the relative growth of console, PC, online and mobile, Aphra Kerr analyses the core production logics in the industry, and the expansion of circulation processes as game services have developed. In an industry dominated by North American and Japanese companies, Kerr explores the recent success of companies from China and Europe, and the emergent spatial politics as countries, cities, companies and communities compete to reshape digital games in the networked age. |
| moshi monsters closing down: The Unnameable Monster in Literature and Film Maria Beville, 2013-10-30 This book visits the 'Thing' in its various manifestations as an unnameable monster in literature and film, reinforcing the idea that the very essence of the monster is its excess and its indeterminacy. Tied primarily to the artistic modes of the gothic, science fiction, and horror, the unnameable monster retains a persistent presence in literary forms as a reminder of the sublime object that exceeds our worst fears. Beville examines various representations of this elusive monster and argues that we must looks at the monster, rather than through it, at ourselves. As such, this book responds to the obsessive manner in which the monsters of literature and culture are ‘managed’ in processes of classification and in claims that they serve a social function by embodying all that is horrible in the human imagination. The book primarily considers literature from the Romantic period to the present, and film that leans toward postmodernism. Incorporating disciplines such as cultural theory, film theory, literary criticism, and continental philosophy, it focuses on that most difficult but interesting quality of the monster, its unnameability, in order to transform and accelerate current readings of not only the monsters of literature and film, but also those that are the focus of contemporary theoretical discussion. |
| moshi monsters closing down: The Agency of Children David Oswell, 2012-12-20 The idea of children's agency is central to the growing field of childhood studies. In this book David Oswell argues for new understandings of children's agency. He traces the transformation of children and childhood across the nineteenth, twentieth and early twenty-first centuries and explores the dramatic changes in recent years to children's everyday lives as a consequence of new networked, mobile technologies and new forms of globalisation. The author reviews existing theories of children's agency as well as providing the theoretical tools for thinking of children's agency as spatially, temporally and materially complex. With this in mind, he surveys the main issues in childhood studies, with chapters covering family, schooling, crime, health, consumer culture, work and human rights. This is a comprehensive text intended for students and academic researchers across the humanities and social sciences interested in the study of children and childhood. |
| moshi monsters closing down: Youth Mediations and Affective Relations Susan Driver, Natalie Coulter, 2018-10-01 Youth Mediations and Affective Relations explores dynamic and expansive possibilities of young people’s affective lives as they engage with diverse social media in prolific and specific ways. It addresses the situated embodied and emotional experiences of young people as they actively use media in order to forge communities, play imaginatively, protest injustice, experiment with their identities, make media or explore friendships. Furthermore, it explores the relational and contextual dimensions of their everyday interactions. Against static knowledge and moral panics that abstract youth from the complex and changing worlds in which they grapple with digital media, this book hones in on the layered textures of youth experiences to consider how today’s youth think and feel in subtle and unexpected ways. |
| moshi monsters closing down: Pop Culture in Asia and Oceania Jeremy A. Murray, Kathleen Nadeau, 2016-08-15 This ready reference is a comprehensive guide to pop culture in Asia and Oceania, including topics such as top Korean singers, Thailand's sports heroes, and Japanese fashion. This entertaining introduction to Asian pop culture covers the global superstars, music idols, blockbuster films, and current trends—from the eclectic to the underground—of East Asia and South Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, India, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and Pakistan, as well as Oceania. The rich content features an exploration of the politics and personalities of Bollywood, a look at how baseball became a huge phenomenon in Taiwan and Japan, the ways in which censorship affects social media use in these regions, and the influence of the United States on the movies, music, and Internet in Asia. Topics include contemporary literature, movies, television and radio, the Internet, sports, video games, and fashion. Brief overviews of each topic precede entries featuring key musicians, songs, published works, actors and actresses, popular websites, top athletes, video games, and clothing fads and designers. The book also contains top-ten lists, a chronology of pop culture events, and a bibliography. Sidebars throughout the text provide additional anecdotal information. |
| moshi monsters closing down: Digital World Gillian Youngs, 2013-06-26 The Internet and digital technologies have changed the world we live in and the ways we engage with one another and work and play. This is the starting point for this collection which takes analysis of the digital world to the next level exploring the frontiers of digital and creative transformations and mapping their future directions. It brings together a distinctive collection of leading academics, social innovators, activists, policy specialists and digital and creative practitioners to discuss and address the challenges and opportunities in the contemporary digital and creative economy. Contributions explain the workings of the digital world through three main themes: connectivity, creativity and rights. They combine theoretical and conceptual discussions with real world examples of new technologies and technological and creative processes and their impacts. Discussions range across political, economic and cultural areas and assess national contexts including the UK and China. Areas covered include digital identity and empowerment, the Internet and the ‘Fifth Estate’, social media and the Arab Spring, digital storytelling, transmedia and audience, economic and social innovation, digital inclusion, community and online curation, cyberqueer activism. The volume developed out of a UK Economic and Social Research Council funded research seminar series. |
| moshi monsters closing down: Childhood in the digital age The Open University, 2016-11-03 This free course, Childhood in the digital age, delves into the lives of children and discuss the potential benefits and limitations of technology in their lives. |
Moshi: Award-Winning Kids' Sleep & Learning App
Moshi, the award-winning app designed for kids, offers a rich library of bedtime stories, educational games, and soothing sounds. Explore over 400 audio stories and 75+ activities that promote …
Close Your Eyes SleepyPaws 9 Hour Compilation | Moshi Kids
Love SleepyPaws and want to listen all night long? Enjoy this 9 hour compilation of your favorite Moshi bedtime story, Close Your Eyes SleepyPaws! Created sp...
Premium iPhone, iPad and Macbook accessories | Official site | Moshi …
Premium iPhone, iPad and Macbook accessories made only from the finest materials. Designed for modern living, making fewer, better products.
GitHub - kyutai-labs/moshi: Moshi is a speech-text foundation …
Moshi models two streams of audio: one corresponds to Moshi, and the other one to the user. At inference, the stream from the user is taken from the audio input, and the one for Moshi is …
Moshi
Kids can't sleep? Try the revolutionary free audio app with Moshi Stories and meditations to help kids sleep better, reduce anxiety and relax at bedtime.
Moshi Kids: Sleep, Relax, Play - Apps on Google Play
- 97% of parents surveyed agree that Moshi helps their kids fall asleep faster than usual, & 95% said using the app makes bedtime less stressful** Relax: - Over 50 guided meditations and...
Moshi Express
Founded in California in 2005, Moshi is a purveyor of accessories for modern living. We thrive on envisioning new ways to improve your life. Our design and engineering experts select only the …
iPad – us.moshi (US)
VersaCover Case with Folding Cover. iPad Air 11-inch (M2/M3, 2024-2025)/10.9-inch (4th-5th gen) / Sienna Orange
Moshi Kids - YouTube
Moshi is the award-winning sleep app for kids that makes bedtime a dream. The app is expertly designed for babies, toddlers and kids from 0-12, with 100s of ...
Apple Accessories - us.moshi (US)
Pebbo Protective Case for AirPods. AirPods Pro 2 (Compatible with Lightning cable only) / Mint Green
Moshi: Award-Winning Kids' Sleep & Learning App
Moshi, the award-winning app designed for kids, offers a rich library of bedtime stories, educational games, and soothing sounds. Explore over 400 audio stories and 75+ activities …
Close Your Eyes SleepyPaws 9 Hour Compilation | Moshi Kids
Love SleepyPaws and want to listen all night long? Enjoy this 9 hour compilation of your favorite Moshi bedtime story, Close Your Eyes SleepyPaws! Created sp...
Premium iPhone, iPad and Macbook accessories | Official site | Moshi …
Premium iPhone, iPad and Macbook accessories made only from the finest materials. Designed for modern living, making fewer, better products.
GitHub - kyutai-labs/moshi: Moshi is a speech-text foundation …
Moshi models two streams of audio: one corresponds to Moshi, and the other one to the user. At inference, the stream from the user is taken from the audio input, and the one for Moshi is …
Moshi
Kids can't sleep? Try the revolutionary free audio app with Moshi Stories and meditations to help kids sleep better, reduce anxiety and relax at bedtime.
Moshi Kids: Sleep, Relax, Play - Apps on Google Play
- 97% of parents surveyed agree that Moshi helps their kids fall asleep faster than usual, & 95% said using the app makes bedtime less stressful** Relax: - Over 50 guided meditations and...
Moshi Express
Founded in California in 2005, Moshi is a purveyor of accessories for modern living. We thrive on envisioning new ways to improve your life. Our design and engineering experts select only the …
iPad – us.moshi (US)
VersaCover Case with Folding Cover. iPad Air 11-inch (M2/M3, 2024-2025)/10.9-inch (4th-5th gen) / Sienna Orange
Moshi Kids - YouTube
Moshi is the award-winning sleep app for kids that makes bedtime a dream. The app is expertly designed for babies, toddlers and kids from 0-12, with 100s of ...
Apple Accessories - us.moshi (US)
Pebbo Protective Case for AirPods. AirPods Pro 2 (Compatible with Lightning cable only) / Mint Green
