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Games as Political Actors in Digital Journalism
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Abstract The goal of this study is to explore the role of digital games as political actors in digital journalism. The development of digital games designed to frame journalistic messages led to the emergence of newsgames. This trend impacts online mass media outlets’ performance as political actors in democ... mehr
The goal of this study is to explore the role of digital games as political actors in digital journalism. The development of digital games designed to frame journalistic messages led to the emergence of newsgames. This trend impacts online mass media outlets’ performance as political actors in democratic polities. In this article, we explore the current relationship between political communication and newsgames by answering the following research question: How do online mass media outlets use newsgames to report, interpret, and critically analyze democratic polities? In this study, an inductive grounded theory approach was used to analyze 29 political newsgames published in 25 mass-media digital outlets across 11 different countries. The findings reveal that mass media outlets employ political newsgames to perform four distinct functions when covering political events: analytical reportage, commentary, critical scrutiny, and representation.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Computerspiel; politische Kommunikation; Massenmedien; Grounded Theory; Journalismus
Klassifikation
Kommunikatorforschung, Journalismus
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
digital games; game studies; newsgames; politainment
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2023
Seitenangabe
S. 278-290
Zeitschriftentitel
Media and Communication, 11 (2023) 2
Heftthema
Political Communication in Times of Spectacularisation: Digital Narratives, Engagement, and Politainment
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)