Arm Chair Activism: Serious Games Usage by INGOs for Educational Change

Autor/inn/en	Arora, Payal; Itu, Sorina
Titel	Arm Chair Activism: Serious Games Usage by INGOs for Educational Change
Quelle	In: International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2 (2012) 4, S.1-17 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2155-6849
DOI	10.4018/ijgbl.2012100101
Schlagwörter	Activism; Educational Games; International Organizations; Nongovernmental Organizations; Educational Change; Computer Games; Computer Simulation; Behavior Change; Marketing; Affective Behavior; Affordances; Instructional Design; Social Change; Content Analysis; Interviews; Ethnography + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Educational game; Lernspiel; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Bildungsreform; Computer game; Computerspiel; Computerspiele; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Sozialer Wandel; Inhaltsanalyse; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ethnografie
Abstract	The battle between educators and entertainers continues when it comes to gaming. While this is so, the edutainment battleground has expanded to include actors outside formal schooling agencies, namely International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs). These actors employ digital games with the aim to educate and activate towards specific social causes. These serious games are viewed to have tremendous potential for behavioral change through their interactive and persuasive aspects. This paper examines serious games deployed by certain prominent INGOs and analyzes the educative aspects of such new media platforms. What is revealed at the design, audience, and content level compel us to examine what constitutes as education through serious games. Here, education is seen as social marketing employing sensationalism, morality, and emotional capital to stimulate activism. Such games sustain the converted rather than create new understandings of complex social issues. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01