Submitted by mcwflint on Sat, 06\/05\/2010 – 3:54am<\/p>\n
Session Convenor:<\/strong> Mary Ann Chick Whiteside<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Session Reporter: <\/strong>Mary Ann Chick Whiteside<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Discussion Participants: <\/strong><\/p>\n Kaarili Tasso, Brian Connors, Alice Tait, Sally Duros, Harold Shinsato, Latoya Peterson, Cheryl Field, Melissa Cornick, John Kotarski, Christina Xu,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n First pass at come ideas, thoughts from session that focused on how social games can increase undertanding of journalism – how it happens, what skills needed, creating watchdogs over government\u00a0– and its role into civic enagement.<\/p>\n The session included disucssion on types of games, examples of games, racial and gender issue in games, the state of gaming journalism, and ..<\/p>\n It “ended” with the idea of creating a game built around the ideals of journalism, including valor, exposing information that is vital to the public but often supressed and letting people practice journalism skills in a non-classroom, non-lecture way.<\/p>\n What gaming does\/must do:<\/p>\n Games – types, advantages, why:<\/p>\n Gaming journalism:<\/p>\n Gaming bias\/issues:<\/p>\n Example: Sim City won’t let you succeed if you allow only public transportation<\/p>\n Example: Blacks cast as athletes or villans; few Asians unless games from Asian countries<\/p>\n Why: Very few blacks, minorities become developers;<\/p>\n Atlanta afterschool program hires black students to test games; learn link between games and development<\/p>\n Suggestion: Move beyond violence to see story; interaction<\/p>\n Can we create a game to increase understanding about how journalism works?<\/p>\n Can we create a game that creates journalism, reporting on a community, government, issue?<\/p>\n Can we create a game showing link between journalism and civic engagement?<\/p>\n Ideas<\/p>\n Look at creating a mystery that allows participant to pick up puzzle pieces or pieces of a story to end up with a result.<\/p>\n Advice:<\/p>\n Keep it easy to start<\/p>\n Consider mentro that can pop in to help<\/p>\n Platform:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Submitted by mcwflint on Sat, 06\/05\/2010 – 3:54am Session Convenor: Mary Ann Chick Whiteside Session Reporter: Mary Ann Chick Whiteside Discussion Participants: Kaarili Tasso, Brian Connors, Alice Tait, Sally Duros, Harold Shinsato, Latoya Peterson, Cheryl Field, Melissa Cornick, John Kotarski, … Continue reading \n
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