TY - BOOK ID - 133697922 TI - Persuasive Gaming in Context AU - De La Hera, Teresa AU - Jansz, Jeroen AU - Raessens, Joost AU - Schouten, Ben PY - 2021 PB - Amsterdam University Press DB - UniCat KW - Media studies KW - Social, group or collective psychology KW - Game theory KW - Game, play, persuasion, game design, serious games UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:133697922 AB - The rapid developments of new communication technologies have facilitated the popularization of digital games, which has translated into an exponential growth of the game industry in the last decades. The ubiquitous presence of digital games has resulted in an expansion of the applications of these games from mere entertainment purposes to a great variety of serious purposes. In this edited volume, we narrow the scope of attention by focusing on what game theorist Ian Bogost has called "persuasive games", that is, gaming practices that combine the dissemination of information with attempts to engage players in particular attitudes and behaviors. This volume offers a multifaceted reflection on persuasive gaming, that is, on the process of these particular games being played by players. The purpose is to better understand when and how digital games can be used for persuasion, by further exploring persuasive games and some other kinds of persuasive playful interaction as well. The book critically integrates what has been accomplished in separate research traditions to offer a multidisciplinary approach to understanding persuasive gaming that is closely linked to developments in the industry by including the exploration of relevant case studies. ER -