虚拟救世主:数字游戏和反贩卖意识的提高

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2019-09-26 DOI:10.14197/atr.201219136

Erin O’Brien, Helen Berents

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摘要

近年来，数字游戏已成为提高对人口贩卖意识的新工具。这些游戏反映了一种“虚拟人道主义”的趋势，利用数字技术传达苦难的故事，目的是提高人们对人道主义问题的认识。这些游戏的创造引发了这样的问题:新技术是否会以新的方式描绘人道主义问题，或者只是延续有问题的刻板印象。本文分析了过去五年发行的三款网络游戏，旨在提高人们对人口贩运的认识。在分析这些游戏时，我们认为，缺乏代理的理想受害者的持续比喻继续主导叙事，关注的是个人问题，而不是人口贩运的结构性原因。然而，这两款游戏所采用的不同方法显示了数字游戏在故事叙述方面的复杂性和细微差别。

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Virtual Saviours: Digital games and anti-trafficking awareness-raising

In recent years, digital games have emerged as a new tool in human trafficking awareness-raising. These games reflect a trend towards ‘virtual humanitarianism’, utilising digital technologies to convey narratives of suffering with the aim of raising awareness about humanitarian issues. The creation of these games raises questions about whether new technologies will depict humanitarian problems in new ways, or simply perpetuate problematic stereotypes. This article examines three online games released in the last five years for the purpose of raising awareness about human trafficking. In analysing these games, we argue that the persistent tropes of ideal victims lacking in agency continue to dominate the narrative, with a focus on individualised problems rather than structural causes of human trafficking. However, the differing approaches taken by the games demonstrate the potential for complexity and nuance in storytelling through digital games.

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.