David O. Dowling
Gamification of Digital Journalism: Innovation in Journalistic Storytelling
Gamification of Digital Journalism: Innovation in Journalistic Storytelling
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The book explores the evolution of newsgames, a genre that transforms serious news stories into immersive video games, raising questions about credibility and ethics. It also examines how entertainment media forms can add new meaning to news and how industrial and cultural shifts in the digital publishing industry have enabled newsgames to strengthen core principles of journalism.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 194 pages
Publication date: 24 November 2020
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
The evolution of newsgames, a genre that has emerged from puzzles, quizzes, and interactives, has been a remarkable journey. These games have transformed digital journalism into full-fledged immersive video games, offering open-world designs and virtual reality experiences. While this transformation has brought about new opportunities for storytelling and engagement, it has also sparked concerns about the credibility and ethics of transforming serious news stories into entertainment media. Critics argue that the risks of trivializing grave and catastrophic events into mere games outweigh the potential benefits.
In response to these concerns, author John Dowling delves into both the negatives and positives of newsgames. He explores how the use of entertainment media forms and narrative methods, typically associated with fiction, can add new and potentially more powerful meanings to news than traditional formats allow. Dowling also examines how industrial and cultural shifts in the digital publishing industry have enabled newsgames to evolve in a manner that strengthens certain core principles of journalism, particularly advocacy on behalf of marginalized and oppressed groups.
The Gamification of Digital Journalism is a comprehensive and thought-provoking exploration of this emerging genre. It is a must-read for scholars, researchers, and practitioners interested in multimedia journalism and immersive storytelling. By examining the challenges and opportunities posed by newsgames, Dowling provides valuable insights into the future of digital journalism and the role that games will play in shaping the way we consume and understand news in the years to come.
Weight: 308g
Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367076252
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