Play the News: Fun and Games in Digital Journalism
WEBFeb 17, 2015 · This report describes specific intersections between games, play, and journalism, highlighting strategies, products, and sites of playful activity in the current news landscape with the goal of elucidating this pervasive phenomenon.
Creating Games for Journalism - ProPublica
WEBJul 11, 2013 · We as journalists can learn a lot from video games. They can help players explore unfamiliar worlds and experience stories, almost literally, through the eyes of another person. Designed well ...
Games do good journalism. Make them easy | Digital Narratives
WEBSep 5, 2023 · Websites publish text, videos, and podcasts, resembling the formats of newspapers, TV, and radio. In contrast, games stand out as a distinct digital medium that offers interactivity.
A Brief Introduction to Newsgames | Knight Lab
WEBJun 10, 2019 · Newsgames are a branch of “serious games,” or games that are built with purposes other than pure entertainment. While newsgames have been around since as early as 2001, the development of these games themselves is still far from becoming a mainstay of journalistic storytelling.
A list of recent newsgames - Robin Kwong
WEBFeb 24, 2018 · I’ve been keeping an eye out for examples of newsgames ever since we started making The Uber Game in early 2017, and am really glad to see this becoming an ever-widening field with examples from both newsrooms, game studios and other places.
Ten examples of games used to tell news stories - journalism
WEBDec 16, 2011 · 1. The world at seven billion (BBC) This BBC interactive, which uses gaming mechanics, is proof that newsgames go viral. The world at seven billion was the most shared and “liked” news story on Facebook …
How can publishers use games and puzzles to increase subscribers?
WEBOct 11, 2023 · Newspapers have been adding interactive games to their e-papers. As a standout example, Ouest-France’s l’Édition du Soir included themed quizzes, “spot the difference” games, and general knowledge tests to …
Newsgames in journalism | Journalism Research
WEBKey characteristics of newsgames include competition, players proceeding according to strict rules, and efforts to achieve specific aims (Deterding, Sicart, Nacke, O’Hara, & Dixon 2011). Climate Challenge, for example, presents a complex topic of current relevance to society in the form of a game.
The power of play: Why journalists should warm up to …
WEBApr 26, 2017 · More and more journalists and game designers are coming together to create interactive stories that use “play” to engage readers in powerful ways, offering them the chance to explore, experiment and learn with news. “The power of games is the power of play,” says Lindsay Grace, an.
Gamification and Newsgames as Narrative Innovations in Journalism
WEB4 Citations. 25 Altmetric. Abstract. This chapter explores how innovative narratives, supported by a combination of playful approaches and technological convergence, provide a reconfiguration of digital news storytelling.