{"id":52,"date":"2026-10-08T05:06:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T05:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/josefnguyen.net\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2026-10-08T05:12:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T05:12:35","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/josefnguyen.net\/index.php\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">peer-reviewed book<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nguyen, Josef<\/strong>. <em>The Digital Is Kid Stuff: Making Creative Laborers for a Precarious Economy<\/em> (Minneapolis: <a href=\"https:\/\/z.umn.edu\/kidstuff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Minnesota Press<\/a>, Dec 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Awarded the <a href=\"https:\/\/culturalstudiesassociation.org\/conference\/prizes-and-grants\/first-book-prize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 First Book Prize from the Cultural Studies Association<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Reviewed in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/17482798.2022.2088927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Journal of Children and Media<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.23860\/JMLE-2023-15-1-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Journal of Media Literacy Education<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/15295036.2023.2268161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Critical Studies in Mass Communication<\/a><\/em>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/insoso.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/E-Journal-December-2024-Issue-Latest.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Explorations: E-journal of the Indian Sociological Society<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Interviewed and in conversation on <a href=\"https:\/\/share.transistor.fm\/s\/325b2aa3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>University of Minnesota Press<\/em> Podcast Episode 36<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ideasonfire.net\/145-josef-nguyen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Imagine Otherwise<\/em> Podcast Episode 145<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Book reviewed on <a href=\"http:\/\/rangedtouch.com\/2023\/11\/30\/64-nguyen-the-digital-is-kid-stuff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Game Studies Study Buddies<\/em> Podcast Episode 64<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">peer-reviewed articles and papers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nguyen, Josef<\/strong>. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.28968\/cftt.v9i1.39207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scripting Consenting Fictions in Sex Technology Imaginaries<\/a>.\u201d <em>Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience<\/em> 9, no. 1 (Spring 2023) (open access)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nguyen, Josef<\/strong>. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1215\/00029831-9697001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reconsidering Lost Opportunities for Diverse Representation<\/a>.&#8221; Special Issue: &#8220;American Game Studies.&#8221; Guest eds. Patrick Jagoda and Jennifer Malkowski. <em>American Literature<\/em> 94, no. 1 (Mar 2022): 73-102<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nguyen, Josef<\/strong>. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1353\/cj.2021.0060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Painful Games, Sporting Practices, and Enduring Masculinities<\/a>.&#8221; <em>JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies<\/em> 60, no. 5 (2020-2021): 197-216 (open access)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nguyen, Josef<\/strong>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/ourglasslake.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bo Ruberg<\/a>. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3313831.3376827\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Challenges of Designing Consent: Consent Mechanics in Video Games as Models for Interactive User Agency<\/a>.&#8221; <em>CHI &#8217;20: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems<\/em> (Apr 2020): 1-13<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Honorable Mention for Best Paper Award (top 5%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nguyen, Josef<\/strong>. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.25158\/l7.2.7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Makers and Preppers Converge in Premodern and Post-Apocalyptic Ruin<\/a>.&#8221; <em>Lateral<\/em> 7, no. 2 (Fall 2018) (open access)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nguyen, Josef<\/strong>. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.37536\/ecozona.2017.8.2.1347\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital Games about the Materiality of Digital Games<\/a>.&#8221; Special Issue: &#8220;Green Computer and Video Games.&#8221; Guest eds. Alenda Chang and John Parham. <em>Ecozon@<\/em> 8, no. 2 (Nov 2017): 18-38 (open access)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nguyen, Josef<\/strong>. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1353\/con.2016.0030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Minecraft<\/em> and the Building Blocks of Creative Individuality<\/a>.&#8221; <em>Configurations<\/em> 24, no. 4 (Dec 2016): 471\u2013500<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Interviewed on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.press.jhu.edu\/newsroom\/minecraft-and-robinson-crusoe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JHU Press Blog<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nguyen, Josef<\/strong>. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3983\/twc.2016.0698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Performing as Video Game Players in Let&#8217;s Plays<\/a>.&#8221; <em>Transformative Works and Cultures<\/em>, no. 22 (Sept 2016) (open access)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Italian translation and reprint as &#8220;Esibirsi come Videogiocatori nei Let&#8217;s Play&#8221; in <em>Giochi Video: Streaming, Spettacolo, Performance<\/em>. Eds. Matteo Bittanti and Enrico Gandolfi. Milan: Mimesis Edizioni (2018), 81-101<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nguyen, Josef<\/strong>. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1215\/17432197-3592124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Make<\/em> Magazine and the Social Reproduction of DIY Science and Technology<\/a>.&#8221; <em>Cultural Politics<\/em> 12, no. 2 (July 2016): 233-252<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">edited special issue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gamertrouble.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phillips, Amanda<\/a>, and <strong>Josef Nguyen<\/strong> (eds.). Special issue: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/online.ucpress.edu\/fmh\/issue\/11\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lara Croft 30th Anniversary Special Issue<\/a>.&#8221; <em>Feminist Media Histories<\/em> 11, no. 3 (Summer 2025),<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">additional writing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nguyen, Josef<\/strong>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/gamertrouble.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amanda Phillips<\/a>. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1525\/fmh.2025.11.3.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On 30 Years of Lara Croft<\/a>.&#8221; Special issue: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/online.ucpress.edu\/fmh\/issue\/11\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lara Croft 30th Anniversary Special Issue<\/a>.&#8221; <em>Feminist Media Histories<\/em> 11, no. 3 (Summer 2025): 1-17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/adrienneshaw.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shaw, Adrienne<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/agloro.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexandrina Agloro<\/a>, <strong>Josef Nguyen<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gamertrouble.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amanda Phillips<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/ourglasslake.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bo Ruberg<\/a>. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/obo\/9780199756841-0235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feminist and Queer Game Studies<\/a>.&#8221; <em>Oxford Bibliographies in Communication<\/em>, Oxford University Press (2019)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>peer-reviewed book peer-reviewed articles and papers edited special issue Phillips, Amanda, and Josef Nguyen (eds.). 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