Newsgames
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Gewicht:
336 g
Format:
221x146x20 mm
Beschreibung:
Journalism has embraced digital media in its struggle to survive. But most online journalism just translates existing practices to the Web: stories are written and edited as they are for print; video and audio features are produced as they would be for television and radio. The authors of Newsgames propose a new way of doing good journalism: videogames. Videogames are native to computers rather than a digitized form of prior media. Games simulate how things work by constructing interactive models; journalism as game involves more than just revisiting old forms of news production. Wired magazines game Cutthroat Capitalism, for example, explains the economics of Somali piracy by putting the player in command of a pirate ship, offering choices for hostage negotiation strategies.
"A new generation of news junkies has stopped reading the news and started playing it. Newsgames will be their rulebook." Fred Turner, Stanford University "Newsgames posits an essential upgrade to the historical relationship between games and news -- far beyond digitization of your morning crossword puzzle. This book is critical reading for those interested in emerging journalistic forms wherein the power of playful systems is harnessed to explicate the events of the day." Tracy Fullerton, Director, Game Innovation Lab, USC School of Cinematic Arts, Interactive Media Division