Play & Learn Video Games & Virtual Worlds StudiesMark W. Bell

Why?DefineEffectsIssuesApplications

Why?

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But…

Video Games (VG)?http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2061/2514116780_651cf43315_b.jpg

Virtual worlds (VW)?http://www.flickr.com/photos/bellabaroque/2372445992/sizes/o/

Is a VG/VW Mass Media?

What is a video game?

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vid·e·ogame (vĭd'ē-ō‘ gām) n. 1. An electronically facilitated game with a sensory feedback.

vir·tu·al world(ˈvər-chə-wəl ˈwər(-ə)ld) n. 1. A synchronous, persistent network of people, represented by avatars, facilitated by computers.

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Video Games vs. Box Office (Gross Sales - in Billions). [Sources: Business Week, BoxOfficeMojo]

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Source: Entertainment Software Assn.

Source: Entertainment Software Assn.

Kevin WerbachSusan CrawfordBeth NoveckIrving Wladawsky-Berger

15 years from now, the prime minister of the day will have grown up playing computer games, just as 15 years ago we had the first prime minister to have grown up watching television, and 30 years ago to have grown up listening to the radio.- Richard Bartle (2008)

Is there a VG/VW literacy?http://www.jeboscreenshots.com//images/screenshots/255138205067WoWScrnShot_042906_053939.jpg

Do VG/VW have effects?CognitiveAttitudinalEmotionalPhysiologicalBehavioral

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EmotionalHas A Video Game Made You Cry?

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Why Does The Wii Work?http://wallpapers.dpics.org/wallpapers/21/Wii_Remote_(Wiimote)_and_Wii_Nunchuck.jpg

Video Games Are…ViolentSedentaryIsolating

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Research on VG/VW Effectshttp://pro.corbis.com/images/CB060558.jpg?size=572&uid={6434D4B8-02CE-4AFB-8ECD-AB7F0CAA0F03}

Can Reality Become A Game?

Or are we in a game now?

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