The paper revisits a central question in the study of characters digital games: Do players of, for example, racing game steer virtual car directly themselves, or are they controlling body driver? This seemingly technical is shown to be primarily cognitive and conceptual: draw on their real-life fictional frames reference an ongoing epistemological process situating themselves vis-à-vis gameworl...

Abstract This article theorizes how public performances matter in international negotiations. Studies of negotiations are predominantly focused on power-political instruments use around the negotiating table. I argue that communication cannot be dismissed as cheap talk but it plays a constitutive role and Contributing to relations (IR) literature negotiations, suggests an orientation toward inc...