Tom Chatfield
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| Years active | 2010 onwards |
| Notable works | Fun Inc (2010); This Is Gomorrah (2019) |
| Notable awards | Prix Douglas Kennedy (2020)[1] |
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Dr Tom Chatfield (born 1980) is a British
digital culture.[3] He is also a public speaker on the subject area.[4] Chatfield was appointed Chair of the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) in 2023.[5]
Biography
Chatfield took his BA, MPhil and doctorate degrees and taught at St John's College, Oxford, before beginning work as a writer and editor.[citation needed]
Chatfield's first book, on the culture of
Said Business School, Oxford,[8] as well as a columnist for the BBC.[9] During 2017, he was a Visiting Associated at the Oxford Internet Institute.[10]
Chatfield is a speaker and consultant on technology and new media.[11] For example, he spoke at TED Global 2010 on "7 ways games reward the brain",[12] was lead content designer and writer on Preloaded's game The End,[13] and appears regularly in the British and international media as a commentator. His work is published in over two dozen languages.[citation needed]
Italian think tank LSDP named him among its 100 top global thinkers for his work.[14]
Books
Chatfield has written a number of books:[15]
- How to Think (2021): published by SAGE Publishing.
- This Is Gomorrah (2019): Chatfield's debut novel (The Gomorrah Gambit in the US), published by
- Critical Thinking (2017): published in November 2017 as a lead global title by SAGE Publishing, and offers a guide to critical thinkingskills for the 21st century.
- Live This Book! (2015): published in August 2015 by Penguin, and is a print-only journal offering 100 exercises aimed at self-exploration, creativity, and critical thinking.
- Netymology (2013): published in March 2013 by Quercus, telling the stories behind 100 of the digital age's terms and ideas: e.g., the @ and Apple symbols, grokking, Trojans, and zombies.
- How to Thrive in the Digital Age (2012): published in May 2012 by Pan Macmillan in association with The School of Life, as part of a six-book series of guides to modern living edited by Alain de Botton. Chatfield's book examines the implications of wired life for contemporary lives, society and culture.
- 50 Digital Ideas You Really Need to Know (2011): published in September 2011 by Quercus, and introducing 50 key ideas for understanding the digital age, ranging from the basics of email and markup languages to location-based services, virtual goods and the semantic web.
- Activism or Slacktivism? (2011): published in July 2011 as a short eBook by Vintage Digital, and examines the impact of new media on politics and political activism.
- Fun Inc (2010):[18][19] published in 2010 by Virgin Books in the UK and by Pegasus Books in the US. An investigation of the business, cultural significance and larger lessons to be learned from the video games industry, it addresses popular concerns such as the debate over violence in games, as well as the questions of games as art, as a basic human activity, and as an index of ongoing transformations in the social sciences, economics, and 21st-century life.
References
- Amazon.co.uk. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "Tom Chatfield". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- SAGE Publishing. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "Tom Chatfield: Gaming theorist". TED. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "ALCS appoints author and technology expert Tom Chatfield as new Chair". UK: Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ Contributor page at Prospect magazine [dead link]
- ^ Profile at The School of Life [dead link]
- ^ Executive education faculty page at the Said Business School, Oxford [dead link]
- ^ BBC Life: Connected column
- ^ "Dr Tom Chatfield: Former Visiting Associate". UK: Oxford Internet Institute. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "Fun Inc: Tom Chatfield: Why Games are the 21st Century's Most Serious Business". Talks at Google. YouTube. 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ TED Global 2010 talk on "7 ways games reward the brain" [dead link]
- ^ The End game details at Preloaded [dead link]
- ^ LSDP: the top 100 global thinkers of 2010 [dead link]
- Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "This Is Gomorrah". Hodder & Stoughton. 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ What does AI mean for authors?, Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society, 2023
- ^ Poole, Steven (13 March 2010). "Fun Inc: Why Games Are the 21st Century's Most Serious Business by Tom Chatfield". The Guardian.
- ^ Alderman, Naomi (17 January 2010). "Fun Inc: Why Games are the 21st Century's Most Serious Business by Tom Chatfield". The Observer.
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