{"id":48,"date":"2011-06-17T14:25:02","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T21:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/createordie2sessionnotes\/2011\/06\/17\/how-can-games-be-used-in-journalism\/"},"modified":"2011-06-17T14:25:02","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T21:25:02","slug":"how-can-games-be-used-in-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/createordie2sessionnotes\/2011\/06\/17\/how-can-games-be-used-in-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"How can games be used in journalism?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Session Host:<\/strong>  Mani Saint-Victor<br \/>\n<strong>Reporter:<\/strong>  Mani Saint-Victor<br \/>\n<strong>Participants:<\/strong>  Sandra, Jeffrey,Chris Rabb,Andrew Humphrey<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>discussion generation\n<ol>\n<p>        a.\tgames stimulate discussions around a theme<br \/>\n        b.\tdistribution and amplification  simplified\n<\/ol>\n<li>storytelling\n<ol>\n<p>        a.\tgames allow for multiple endings<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<li>Allow safe exploration around a topic<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>What are some of the hurdles to game use in journalism?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>preconceived notions about games<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>What shortcomings of the current model of news delivery can be overcome by games?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Attention acquisition and retention<\/li>\n<li>Increased engagement and repeat engagement with concepts<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>What forms of journalism are better suited for games and which are not?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>delivery of urgent and timely information- no<\/li>\n<li>education of backstory, historical information \u2013yes<\/li>\n<li>stories around a theme vs detail and fact intensive stories.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Session Host: Mani Saint-Victor Reporter: Mani Saint-Victor Participants: Sandra, Jeffrey,Chris Rabb,Andrew Humphrey Discussion: discussion generation a. games stimulate discussions around a theme b. distribution and amplification simplified storytelling a. games allow for multiple endings Allow safe exploration around a topic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/createordie2sessionnotes\/2011\/06\/17\/how-can-games-be-used-in-journalism\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/createordie2sessionnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/createordie2sessionnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/createordie2sessionnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/createordie2sessionnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/createordie2sessionnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/createordie2sessionnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/createordie2sessionnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/createordie2sessionnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/createordie2sessionnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}