{"title":"The impact of casual gameplay on health attitudes and behaviors: examining persuasion in a branded game about nutrition through narrative, gameplay, and flow","authors":"B. Sherrick","doi":"10.1080/15456870.2022.2123485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2022.2123485","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This project tests the ability of narrative and gameplay to persuade in a casual health game, through two experimental studies. Study 1 (N = 212) explores how independently manipulated narrative and gameplay factors can persuade people to have healthier attitudes and behavioral intentions; Study 2 (N = 353) also investigates how narrative and gameplay (difficulty) factors might improve attitudes and behavioral intentions toward an in-game brand. Both studies consider the role of flow, an immersive and inherently rewarding psychological state, as potential mediators between game factors and persuasive outcomes. In both studies, results show improvement in both attitudes and behavioral intentions toward health and the brand; however, the cause of those changes is not clear, as the manipulated narrative and gameplay factors do not influence the persuasive outcomes, and the mediating variable flow influences the persuasive outcomes inconsistently.","PeriodicalId":45354,"journal":{"name":"Atlantic Journal of Communication","volume":"112 1","pages":"404 - 419"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87834726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Of media and mediums: illusion and the roots of virtual reality in Victorian era science, social change and Spiritualism","authors":"J. Pavlik, S. Regret Iyer","doi":"10.1080/15456870.2022.2118964","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2022.2118964","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Drawing upon historical archives and through the lens of the experiential media theoretical framework, this paper presents findings that reveal the confluence of factors from the Victorian Era (VE) that laid the foundation for contemporary virtual reality (VR). Prior research has identified the stereoscope as a key technology from the 19th century as a precursor to VR. But this investigation finds that the foundations of 21st-century VR lie much deeper and wider in VE technology, science, social movements, and the development of illusion.","PeriodicalId":45354,"journal":{"name":"Atlantic Journal of Communication","volume":"23 15 1","pages":"260 - 280"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73668533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Grown-ups at play: Theorizing quintessential interpersonal experiences of connection, novelty, and mirth","authors":"John O. Greene, Douglas E. Pruim","doi":"10.1080/15456870.2022.2091137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2022.2091137","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Adult communicative play is a pervasive interpersonal phenomenon that manifests in myriad forms and serves a variety of intra- and interpersonal functions. Here, a conceptual definition of adult communicative play is presented, and a theory specifying the conditions and processes that give rise to such occasions is developed. Central to this effort is the conception of “quintessential play” as “ideal code-based (verbal and nonverbal) instances of interpersonal engagement, understanding, and coordination, marked by a sense of novelty and enjoyment, that are understood to count as ‘play’ by the participants themselves.” Experiences of truly quintessential play may be infrequent, but they represent the endpoint of a continuum along which all occasions of play can be seen to fall. The theoretical framework advanced here, then, addresses the role of person factors (e.g., personality traits), relationship factors (e.g., affection, power), dyadic factors (e.g., similarity), contextual factors (e.g., social rules and norms), and properties of interactions themselves, in fostering occasions of quintessential play, and that, by extension, sheds light on instances of failed play (e.g., mean-spirited teasing, bullying).","PeriodicalId":45354,"journal":{"name":"Atlantic Journal of Communication","volume":"74 1","pages":"297 - 311"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77175540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Code-switching candidates: strategic communication, podcasts, and cultural and racial politics","authors":"Tegan R. Bratcher, J. Cabosky","doi":"10.1080/15456870.2022.2101650","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2022.2101650","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45354,"journal":{"name":"Atlantic Journal of Communication","volume":"58 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89342065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pet owners, Hurricane Harvey, and sense-making: conceptualizing “crisis core identities”","authors":"Ashleigh M. Day, J. Novak","doi":"10.1080/15456870.2022.2102634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2022.2102634","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45354,"journal":{"name":"Atlantic Journal of Communication","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73955372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“I’m in:” presidential campaign announcement speeches among well known and unknown candidates","authors":"Joshua P. Bolton","doi":"10.1080/15456870.2022.2099547","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2022.2099547","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45354,"journal":{"name":"Atlantic Journal of Communication","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89299461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Privacy matters: reexamining internet privacy concern among social media users in a cross-cultural setting","authors":"Bu Zhong, Tao Sun, Yu Zhou, Lola Xie","doi":"10.1080/15456870.2022.2099548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2022.2099548","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45354,"journal":{"name":"Atlantic Journal of Communication","volume":"116 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77285615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"When we feel compassionate: Stereotypical and attributional determinants of attitudes toward abortion","authors":"Wei Peng, Qian Huang","doi":"10.1080/15456870.2022.2094381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2022.2094381","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45354,"journal":{"name":"Atlantic Journal of Communication","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79636906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A text mining analysis of the change in status of the Hagia Sophia on Twitter: the political discourse and its reflections on the public opinion","authors":"Sadettin Demirel, Elif Kahraman, Uğur Gündüz","doi":"10.1080/15456870.2022.2093354","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2022.2093354","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45354,"journal":{"name":"Atlantic Journal of Communication","volume":"CE-31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84573330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Daring to discuss: analyzing engagement and equality in high school discussions","authors":"J. Lancaster","doi":"10.1080/15456870.2022.2083137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2022.2083137","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45354,"journal":{"name":"Atlantic Journal of Communication","volume":"2014 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86819169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}