Trends and Applications of Serious Gaming and Social Media

1. Front Matter

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2. The Future of Serious Games and Immersive Technologies and Their Impact on Society

   • David Wortley

   Pages 1-14

3. The Road to E-Services: Online and Mobile Games as Enablers

   • Giuditta De Prato, Claudio Feijoo, Jean Paul Simon

   Pages 15-23

4. Achievement Systems Explained

   • Luca Galli, Piero Fraternali

   Pages 25-50

5. Identifying Triggers Within Persuasive Technology and Games for Saving and Money Management

   • Audrey Tan Yan Xi, Tim Marsh

   Pages 51-70

6. Malware Analytics for Social Networking

   • Deepak Subramanian, Peter Kok Keong Loh

   Pages 71-87

7. Serious Games and the Gamification of Mental Health Interventions

   • Jillian Sok Teng Boon, Daniel Shuen Sheng Fung

   Pages 89-110

8. Educational Implications of Social Network Games

   • Youngkyun Baek, Beomkyu Choi

   Pages 111-127

9. An Analysis of a Social Network Game in View of Consumption Education Class

   • Soojeong Lee

   Pages 129-141

10. Learning Subject Knowledge and Acquiring Twenty-First Century Skills Through Game Development in the Classroom

    • Clara Hui, Frankie Tam

    Pages 143-156

11. Learning with World of Warcraft: A Study with MMORPG Brazilian Players

    • Sylker Teles da Silva

    Pages 157-170

12. Learning Through Playing in Hong Kong Classrooms

    • Clara Hui, Frankie Tam

    Pages 171-183

13. Back Matter

    Pages 185-186

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This book highlights the challenges and potential of educational learning or industry-based training using serious games and social media platforms. In particular, the book addresses applications used in businesses and education-related organizations in Asia, where the framework and experience of serious games have been used to address specific problems in the real world. The topics that will be present in this book includes future of serious games and immersive technologies and their impact on society; online and mobile games; achievement systems in serious games; persuasive technology and games for saving and money management; malware analytics for social networking; serious games for mental health interventions; educational implications of social network games; learning and acquiring subject knowledge using serious games in classrooms. The target audience for this book includes scientists, engineers and practitioners involved in the field of Serious Games. The major part of this book comprises of papers that have been presented at the Serious Games and Social Connect 2012 conference held in Singapore (October 4, 2012). All the contributions have been peer reviewed and by scientific committee members with report about quality, content and originality.

• 2012 Serious Games and Social Connect
• Achievement Systems
• Educational Games
• Immersive Technology
• Malware Analytics
• Persuasive Technology
• Serious Games
• Social Network

• Educational Technology, Boise State University, Boise, USA

  Youngkyun Baek

• Computer Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

  Ryan Ko

• Information Technology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

  Tim Marsh

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