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Playful approaches to news engagement
Maxwell FoxmanTanja SihvonenMarko SiitonenRaul Ferrer-conillJanet Jonessubject
uutisetplayful050801 communication & media studiesjournalismpelillistäminenpelit0508 media and communicationsArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap050602 political science & public administrationgamificationnewsSociologygamesCommunication05 social sciencesComputingMilieux_PERSONALCOMPUTINGMedia studiesnewsgamesinstitutional logicssitoutuminenMedia and Communications0506 political sciencejournalismiJournalismludicengagementdescription
From crossword puzzles and quizzes to more complex gamification strategies and serious newsgames, legacy media has long explored ways to deploy playful approaches to deliver their content and engage with the audience. We examine how news and games fit together when news organizations, game creators and news audiences welcome gameful forms of communication and participation. Moreover, we reflect on the theoretical and empirical significance of merging news with games as a way to reformulate normative assumptions, production practices and consumption patterns. As a result, the boundaries between journalism and game’s logics start to erode, and they begin to find new ways of converging.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-14 | Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies |