跨國
數位互動課程(E計畫)

電子遊戲與社會　Digital Games and Society

林日璇
傳播學院
2022/09/12
～ 2023/01/16
課程進行中
跨國
1111-電子遊戲與社會 Digital Games and Society
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開課教師｜Instructor

林日璇
特聘教授

專長領域：媒體心理學、娛樂媒體電子遊戲、媒介效果與媒體互動性、社交網站、健康傳播

課程介紹｜Content

此為英語授課/This course is taught in English

This course has applied for the E-learning program. If this course received the grant, Dr. Vivian Chen, a talented game researcher from National Nanyang Technological University will also teach 6 sessions for this course.

The seminar in Digital Games and Society will focus on the development of theories and research trends/topics in digital game literature. Students will learn how digital game research evolve in communication research. In addition, students will examine phenomena and their effects on human well-being, cognition, and emotions. Furthermore, we will look at how different areas employ digital games as a persuasive and educational tool and identity experiment.

「本課程已獲執行本校深耕數位互動課程補助計畫（E計畫），因此課程於課後將課程影片分享至教學平台並供已註冊課程之網路學員參與，故請修課同學務必簽署「修課學生參與數位互動課程同意書」；至本課程旁聽之同學，原則上亦須簽署，因故未能或不願簽署者，進入課堂旁聽時，視為已瞭解同意書內容並已授權。網路學員於線上註冊並使用服務前，務必先閱讀同意書，當在線上點選「同意」鍵，視為已閱讀書，並願意遵守所有同意書之規範。」 This course has recevied support from the school to be a digital-learning course. All students have to sign an agremment documnet to allow being recorded and being uploaded to the learning platform.

課程目標｜Goal

The goals of the course are threefold: First, understand the seminal constructs in digital games. In addition, be familiar with related research published in “flagship” journals including Journal of Communication, Communication Research, Human Communication Research. Mainstream journals dedicated digital games including Media Psychology, Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, New Media and Society, Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, and Computers in Human Behavior. Second, be able to critically analyze and interpret how scholars in these fields frame research issues and investigate the effects of these two media on human being. Third, be able to build logical and precise argument to contribute to advance the knowledge of these two fields, theoretically and empirically. All students should be able to propose a clear-designed, well-argued research proposal at the end of the semester.

 

Criteria/Requirements:

For graduate students: Research paper is expected for graduate students as the term projects. You are welcome to do the term project individually or with a group of other students. In addition, graduate students have to prepare to the lead the course discussion and summarize the papers assigned for readings. Please use lots of examples/news stories to link to the theory.

For undergraduate students: You can choose to do literature review in chosen topic or design a game (exergame, advergame, serious game, VR game) for your term project. You are welcome to do the term project individually or with a group of other students. You are expected to engage in course discussion, and try to learn to do the course leading.

課程進度｜Schedule

**This course will be hosted by both Jih-Hsuan Tammy Lin and Dr. Vivian Chen (Associate Professor, NanYang Technological University in Singapore). This course is part of the e-learning program supported by NCCU. All the content and discussion in the class will be recorded and be uploaded to the NCCU e-learning platform. All students are required to sign an agreement form to consent to be included in the videos.

Week Date Required Readings
1 9/12 Introduction to class： (Dr. Tammy Lin)

Video games as a field in communication

  • Applications of games
  • Game as an important role in Web 3.0 and metaverse
  • Origins of digital games
2 9/19 Game, play, development of digital games (Taught by Dr. Jih-Hsuan Tammy Lin)

  • Quandt, T., Van Looy, J., Vogelgesang, J., Elson, M., Ivory, J. D., Consalvo, M., & Mäyrä, F. (2015). Digital games research: a survey study on an emerging field and its prevalent debates. Journal of Communication, 65(6), 975-996.
  • More than stories with buttons: Narrative, mechanics, and context as determinants of player experience in digital games-Elson et al. 2014
3 9/26 Technology in console games: Motion-sensing systems.

Let’s Play! Meet at Room 320 or VR Zone

Virtual reality Content and design
4 10/3
  • Interactivity as demand (by Jih-Hsuan Tammy Lin)
  • Defining enjoyment and mood management as intrinsic needs
  • Vorderer, P., & Reinecke, L. (2015). From Mood to Meaning: The Changing Model of the User in Entertainment Research. Communication Theory, 25(4), 447-453.
  • Tamborini, R., Bowman, N. D., Eden, A., Grizzard, M., & Organ, A. (2010). Defining media enjoyment as the satisfaction of intrinsic needs. Journal of Communication, 60, 758-777. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2010.01513.x

Reinecke, L., Tamborini, R., Grizzard, M., Lewis, R., Eden, A., & David Bowman, N. (2012). Characterizing mood management as need satisfaction: The effects of intrinsic needs on selective exposure and mood repair. Journal of Communication, 62(3), 437-453.
5 10/10 National Holiday
6 10/17
  • Violence and digital games (by Jih-Hsuan Tammy Lin)
  • Character identification, player-avatar relationship as mechanisms
  • Klimmt, C., Hefner, D., & Vorderer, P. (2009). The Video Game Experience as "True" Identification: A Theory of Enjoyable Alterations of Players' Self-Perception. Communication Theory, 19(4), 351-+. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2885.2009.01347.x
  • Lin, J. H. (2013). Identification matters: A moderated mediation model of media interactivity, character identification, and video game violence on aggression. Journal of Communication, 63, 682-702. doi: 10.1111/jcom.12044
  • Barlett, C. P., Anderson, C. A., & Swing, E. L. (2009). Video game effects--confirmed, suspected, and speculative: A review of the evidence. Simulation Gaming, 40(3), 377-403. doi: 10.1177/1046878108327539
7 10/24
8 10/31 Esports and game streaming (Definition of game streaming nad related research; industry overview; Documentary: Free to play )

  • (By Dr. Jih-Hsuan Tammy Lin)
  • Cheung, G., & Huang, J. (2011, May). Starcraft from the stands: understanding the game spectator. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 763-772). ACM.
  • Lin, Bowman, Lin, & Chen (2019). Setting the Digital Stage: Defining Game Streaming as an entertainment experience. Entertainment Computing, 31,
9 11/7
  • Cheating in games (by Vivian Chen, session 1)/ morality
10 11/14
  • Serious games design and application (by Vivian Chen, session 2)
11 11/21
  • Advergames and Newsgames (will feature related projects and research regarding using games for advertising persuasion and using games as news media)

By Dr. Jih-Hsuan Tammy Lin

  • Peng, W., Lee, M., & Heeter, C. (2010). The effects of a serious game on role-taking and willingness to help. Journal of Communication, 60(4), 723-742. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2010.01511.x
  • Lin, J.-H., & Wu, D.-W. (2018). Newsgames for the greater good: The effects of graphic realism and geographic proximity on knowledge acquisition and willingness to help. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
12 11/28
  • Empathy and gaming (by Vivian Hsueh Hua Chen, session 3)
13

 

 12/5
  • Invited talk: Crypto gaming and Web 3.0

Clement Tang
14 12/12
  • Gaming effects in children and family (by Vivian Hsueh Hua Chen session 4)
15

 

 12/19
  • Final project chat/talk/counseling 晤談
16 12/26
  • Serious games design and application (by Vivian Hsueh Hua Chen session 5)
17 1/2
  • VR and video gaming for social competence (by Vivian Hsueh Hua Chen session 6)
18 1/9
  • Final project presentation

上課形式｜Activities

40%

講述Lecture

20%

討論Discussion

10%

小組活動Group activity

30%

數位學習E-learning

0%

其他：Others:

評分標準｜Grading

Class Participation and after-class activities     50

Midterm bibliography     10

Original Research Paper      40 (Presentation 15, paper 25)

Extra Credit      up to 5%

參考書目｜Readings

Resources：
Games for health, http://www.gamesforhealth.org
Games for change, http://www.gamesforchange.org
Gamification: http://www.gamification.co/blog/
Health Games Research, http://www.healthgamesresearch.org/database
Lumosity (brain games): http://www.lumosity.com/
Newsgaming: http://www.newsgaming.com/
Persuasive games, http://www.persuasivegames.com
Persuasive Technology Lab, http://captology.stanford.edu
Serious game initiative, http://www.seriousgames.org/index2.html
Serious games summit, http://www.seriousgamessummit.com/
Water cooler games, http://www.watercoolergames.org
Pokemon Go! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xYuozfkON-
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