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Matt Barton
Dr. Matt Barton is a professor of English at Saint Cloud State University in Minnesota. He's the author of several books and articles on videogames, wikis, and digital rhetoric.
Subjects: Computer Game Development
Biography
Dr. Matt Barton is a tenured associate professor of English at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, where he has been teaching courses in writing and technology since 2005. He is the producer of “Matt Chat,” a weekly YouTube program featuring interviews with noted videogame developers and in-depth retrospectives of great videogames. He’s the author of Honoring the Code: Conversations with Great Game Designers and Dungeons & Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games. He’s the co-author of Vintage Games: An Insider Look at the History of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the Most Influential Games of All Time. He lives in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, with his wife Elizabeth.Education
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PhD, University of South Florida, Tampa FL, 2005
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Videogames, rhetoric, wikis, digital humanities, cultural studies, composition
Personal Interests
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Science fiction and fantasy
Websites
Books
Featured Title
Articles
Paradox and Promise: MySpace, Facebook, and the Sociopolitics of Social Networki
Published: Mar 01, 2010 by Computers and Composition
Authors: Gina Maranto, Matt Barton
Subjects:
Information Technology
This article situates current theoretical, rhetorical, and ethical analyses of the net's most prominent social networking sites, MySpace and Facebook. It also discusses the implications of bringing these web sites into the classroom, comparing how students, teachers, and administrators use (and abuse) these spaces.
Videos
Matt Chat
Published: Oct 15, 2013
Matt's interviews with videogame luminaries and retrospectives.