Newsgames: The Use of Digital Games by Mass-Media Outlets to Convey Journalistic Messages

IF 2.4 2区 文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION
S. Gómez-García, Teresa de la Hera Conde-Pumpido
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Abstract

This study explores the way mass-media outlets make use of digital games to convey journalistic messages. Newsgames have been defined by several scholars in the intersection between digital journalism and game studies. However, because of the heterogeneity of this phenomenon, there is still a lack of clarity of what could be considered, or not, a newsgame. This study aims to shed light into this question by exploring how newsgames are used in practice by journalists. We therefore approach the understanding of this phenomenon from a bottom-up perspective to give an answer to the following research question: How are journalistic messages structured within newsgames published by online mass-media outlets? A grounded theory approach is used to analyze 75 games published in a total of 47 mass-media digital outlets from 17 countries. The results of this study have led to the proposal of a more systematic identification and analytical approach for newsgames.
新闻游戏:大众媒体使用数字游戏来传达新闻信息
本研究探讨了大众媒体利用数字游戏传达新闻信息的方式。数位学者在数位新闻与游戏研究的交叉领域定义了新闻游戏。然而,由于这一现象的异质性,我们仍然不清楚什么可以被视为新闻游戏。本研究旨在通过探索记者在实践中如何使用新闻游戏来阐明这个问题。因此,我们从自下而上的角度来理解这一现象,以回答以下研究问题:在线大众媒体发布的新闻游戏中的新闻信息是如何构建的?本文采用扎根理论的方法分析了来自17个国家的47家大众数字媒体发行的75款游戏。这项研究的结果导致了对新闻游戏更系统的识别和分析方法的建议。
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Games and Culture
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7.20
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7.10%
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期刊介绍: Games and Culture publishes innovative theoretical and empirical research about games and culture within the context of interactive media. The journal serves as a premiere outlet for groundbreaking and germinal work in the field of game studies. The journal"s scope includes the sociocultural, political, and economic dimensions of gaming from a wide variety of perspectives, including textual analysis, political economy, cultural studies, ethnography, critical race studies, gender studies, media studies, public policy, international relations, and communication studies.
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