{"76051":{"#nid":"76051","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Bogost on Online Social Games","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The idea for paying for something that doesn\u0027t really exist isn\u0027t necessarily new,\u0022 said \u003Cstrong\u003EIan Bogost\u003C\/strong\u003E, Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture and Director of the Graduate Program in Digital Media during a Fox New feature about his wildly popular \u0022Farmville\u0022 spoof game, \u0022Cow Clicker.\u0022 Bogost continued, \u0022I think the difference with these online social games on Facebook is that the object you are buying is virtual, it only has a functionality inside of the game and that\u0027s a bit uncomfortable, or unusual, or at least surprising for many people used to spending their hard-earned money on material goods.\u0022 \u003Cem\u003ESource: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/video.foxbusiness.com\/v\/1365305898001\/social-video-games-continue-to-gain-momentum\/?playlist_id=87060\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EFox News\u003C\/a\u003E - January 4, 2012\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27418","created_gmt":"2012-01-05 11:55:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:25:16","author":"Lauren Langley","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"early admit 2","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/video.foxbusiness.com\/v\/1365305898001\/social-video-games-continue-to-gain-momentum\/?playlist_id=87060","dateline":{"date":"2012-01-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-01-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9925","name":"Fox News"},{"id":"3663","name":"Ian Bogost"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}