Serious games – How do they try to make players think about immigration issues? An overview
Immigration has become a popular topic for digital games, most of them wanting players to empathize with (illegal) immigrants. There are different game elements that can be used to embody empathy and having a look at different games one can see that they are sometimes more successfully applied, some...
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doaj-c3a4013e1f174f26a88f3c171241609b2020-11-25T00:06:14ZengUniversity of BucharestJournal of Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology2068-03172068-03172015-06-016199114Serious games – How do they try to make players think about immigration issues? An overviewSonja Gabriel0KPH Vienna/KremsImmigration has become a popular topic for digital games, most of them wanting players to empathize with (illegal) immigrants. There are different game elements that can be used to embody empathy and having a look at different games one can see that they are sometimes more successfully applied, sometimes less. Apart from empathy these games often try to teach facts and information, but also (unintentionally) convey misconceptions and/or political messages. This article is going to look at various examples of digital games discussing and comparing these areas.http://compaso.eu/wpd/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Compaso2015-61-Gabriel.pdfEmpathyserious gamesimmigrationteaching via serious gamesstereotypesideology |
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Immigration has become a popular topic for digital games, most of them wanting players to empathize with (illegal) immigrants. There are different game elements that can be used to embody empathy and having a look at different games one can see that they are sometimes more successfully applied, sometimes less. Apart from empathy these games often try to teach facts and information, but also (unintentionally) convey misconceptions and/or political messages. This article is going to look at various examples of digital games discussing and comparing these areas. |
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