Tag: video games
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James Dawes, Macalester College – Virtue and Video Games
Video games can get a bad rap at times, but they can bring benefits to those who play them. James Dawes, DeWitt Wallace professor of English at Macalester College, examines how James Dawes teaches narrative across the disciplines. His areas of research expertise include human rights, artificial intelligence, and the ethics of storytelling in fields…
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Mike Piero, Cuyahoga Community College – Studying Video Games as Culture
Video games are ingrained in our culture. Today on The Academic Minute: Mike Piero, professor of English at Cuyahoga Community College, examines how to study them in a cultural fashion. Mike Piero, Ph.D. is a Professor of English at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, OH, where is specializes in game studies, postmodernist studies, critical theory,…
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Andrew Campana, Cornell University – Taking the Video out of Video Games
On Cornell University Week: Video games aren’t only for those with eyesight. Andrew Campana, assistant professor of Asian studies, explains how communities of blind and low-vision players stay in the game. Andrew Campana is an assistant professor of modern and contemporary Japanese literature in the Department of Asian Studies at Cornell University. In his current…
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John Misak, New York Institute of Technology – Storytelling in Video Games
The complexity and immersion of good stories can be found in many mediums. John Misak, assistant professor of English at the New York Institute of Technology, examines how video games are stretching their legs and charting a new path in storytelling. John Misak joined NYIT in January of 2003 as a lecturer in the English…
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Jorge Pena, University of California Davis – Depression and Video Games
Could video games help fight depression? Jorge Pena, associate professor in the department of communication at the University of California Davis, explores this question among college students. Jorge Peña specializes in computer-mediated communication, new media, communication in video games and virtual environments, and content analysis of online communication. He is a member of the editorial…
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Chris Ferguson, Stetson University – Influence of Violent Video Games
Do violent video games encourage real life violence? Chris Ferguson, psychologist at Stetson University, is researching this commonly held belief. Chris Ferguson is an associate professor and department chair of psychology at Stetson University. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Central Florida. He has clinical experience particularly in working with offender and…