Post on 07-Dec-2014
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Play & Learn Video Games & Virtual Worlds Studies
Mark W. Bell
Why?DefineEffectsIssues
Applications
Why?
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Radio
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Television
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Computers
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But…
Video Games (VG)?
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Virtual worlds (VW)?
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Is a VG/VW Mass Media?
What is a video game?
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History II
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vid·e·o game (vĭd'ē-ō‘ gām) n. 1. An electronically facilitated game with a sensory feedback.
vir·tu·al world(ˈvər-chə-wəl ˈwər(-ə)ld) n. 1. A synchronous, persistent network of people, represented by avatars, facilitated by computers.
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Video Games vs. Box Office (Gross Sales - in Billions). [Sources: Business Week, BoxOfficeMojo]
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Source: Entertainment Software Assn.
Source: Entertainment Software Assn.
Kevin WerbachSusan CrawfordBeth Noveck Irving Wladawsky-Berger
15 years from now, the prime minister of the day will have grown up playing computer games, just as 15 years ago we had the first prime minister to have grown up watching television, and 30 years ago to have grown up listening to the radio.- Richard Bartle (2008)
Is there a VG/VW literacy?
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Do VG/VW have effects?
CognitiveAttitudinalEmotional
PhysiologicalBehavioral
Cognitive
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Attitudinal
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Sex & Gender
Emotional
Has A Video Game Made You Cry?
Physiological
id.end.ity
Behavioral
Violence
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Why Does The Wii Work?
Video Games Are…
ViolentSedentaryIsolating
The Wii
Family FriendlyActiveSocial
Future of VG/VW Studies
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Research on VG/VW Effects
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Can Reality Become A
Game?
Or are we in a game now?
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