Amy Brierley-Beare

Amy Brierley-Beare

Adelaide Law School

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Amy Brierley-Beare is a media lecturer at The University of Adelaide. Her research investigates how mainstream gaming represents and negotiates romance and social intimacy. Other research interests include game studies, emergent narrative, audience studies, experiential metaphor, and transgressive play.

 

 

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2023 Beare, A. H., & Brierley-Beare, A. (2023). "You Know There's No 'It' Right? 'It' Was Just Us": Magic as a Tool for Audience Empathy in Yellowjackets. M/C Journal, 26(5).
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    - Brierley, A. (2022). Communicating Love: Dialogue Icons, Control and Diminishing Social Complexity in Cyberpunk 2077. Platform: Journal of Media and Communication, 9(2), 37-54.
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    - Brierley-Beare, A. (2025). Romance in the Digital Game.
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  • Book Chapters
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    2025 Brierley-Beare, A. (2025). Transgression and Exploration. In Romance in the Digital Game (pp. 113-122). Routledge.
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    2025 Brierley-Beare, A. (2025). Why Romance Matters. In Romance in the Digital Game (pp. 14-38). Routledge.
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    2025 Brierley-Beare, A. (2025). Powering up With Love. In Romance in the Digital Game (pp. 83-99). Routledge.
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    2025 Brierley-Beare, A. (2025). 'Always up for IT'. In Romance in the Digital Game (pp. 100-112). Routledge.
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    2025 Brierley-Beare, A. (2025). Conclusion. In Romance in the Digital Game (pp. 123-127). Routledge.
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    2025 Brierley-Beare, A. (2025). Introduction. In Romance in the Digital Game (pp. 1-13). Routledge.
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    2025 Brierley-Beare, A. (2025). 'The Dollhouse Effect'. In Romance in the Digital Game (pp. 63-82). Routledge.
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    2025 Brierley-Beare, A. (2025). Love or Limerence? Interrogating the 'Epic Love Story'. In Romance in the Digital Game (pp. 39-62). Routledge.
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Date Course Title Course Code Role
2024 Advanced Digital Promotion MDIA 3341 Course Coordinator
2024 3D Imaging MDIA 1017 Tutor
2021 Media Professions and Identities MDIA 1020 Tutor
2022-23 Advanced Digital Promotion MDIA 3341 Tutor
2020-23 Key Concepts in Media MDIA 1002 Tutor

 

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