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Announcing the Journalism & Games Research Project November 17, 2008 - by Ian Bogost I'm excited to announce the first public materials from a research project on Journalism and Videogames, which I've been pursuing with a small cabal of devoted students since the start of the term. Here's a brief explanation: What lies at the intersection of videogames and journalism?
This research project, made possible by funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, seeks to understand the ways videogames can be used in the field of journalism, providing examples, theoretical approaches, speculative ideas, and practical advice about the past, present, and future of games and journalism.
There's still much to do before we come to any firm findings, but we've begun to publish our in-progress work on a new blog hosted at Georgia Tech. I invite you to follow what we're working on there and join in the conversation; of course you can also get a feed at the blog. Some of the questions we're asking include: How can games and simulations reveal their designers' methods and assumptions? Can games help make traditional journalism become more transparent? How can games facilitate discourse between citizens? What kinds of discourse? Can such a discourse lead to productive reflection or action? What role do traditional newspaper games (such as the crossword puzzle) play in news media? Do they serve any journalistic goals? As things progress, we're also planning to publish more formal, lengthy arguments in a kind of online magazine. More on that when the time comes. Comment from miketreanor on November 17, 2008
Wow - congrats! Who is working on editorial/newsgames in your group? I spent quite a bit of time on this subject in the past - perhaps there is a dialogue over cross university collaboration that should be going on? POST A COMMENT
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