Unlocking the Tablet: Parasocial Interactions and Scaffolding Found in Interactive Educational Games

The present study examined whether the exposure to likeable characters and educational content would affect the attitudes and behaviors of children after playing an educational children's game. The parasocial interaction (PSI) experienced by children was measured between children playing an edu...

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Main Author: Akers, Chelsie
Other Authors: Rains, Steve
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625639
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/625639