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Games and Ethics

Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to Ethical Questions in Digital Game Cultures

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Editors:
  1. Maike Groen

    1. Köln, Germany

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  2. Nina Kiel

    1. Düsseldorf, Germany

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  3. Angela Tillmann

    1. Köln, Germany

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  4. André Weßel

    1. Köln, Germany

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  • Theoretical and empirical approaches to ethical questions in digital gaming cultures
  • Research on digital gaming cultures

Part of the book series: Digitale Kultur und Kommunikation (DKK, volume 7)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Ethical Questions in Digital Game Cultures—A Multi-Perspective View

    • Maike Groen, Nina Kiel, Angela Tillmann, André Weßel
    Pages 1-10

  3. Introductory Thoughts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Homo Ludens Reloaded: The Ethics of Play in the Information Age

      • Miguel Sicart
      Pages 13-27

    3. Ethical Dimensions of Digital Games

      • Julian Lamers, Alexander Filipović
      Pages 29-43

  4. Societal and Political Discourses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. Gaming Addiction—Underdefined, Overestimated?

      • Robin Janzik, Lars-Ole Wehden, Felix Reer, Thorsten Quandt
      Pages 47-59

    3. Re-Figuring Innovation in Games: A Feminist Interventionist Project

      • Jennifer Jenson
      Pages 61-75

    4. Gamification of Terror—Power Games as Liminal Spaces

      • Sonia Fizek, Anne Dippel
      Pages 77-94

  5. Challenges in Digital Spaces

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Digital Governmentality: Toxicity in Gaming Streams

      • Maike Groen
      Pages 97-111

    3. Just 1€ to Unlock This Guide! How and Why to Study Free-To-Play Game Cultures

      • Ahmed Elmezeny
      Pages 113-128

    4. The “Ultimate Empathy Machine” Revisited

      • Jeffrey Wimmer
      Pages 129-142

  6. Educational Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. How Do We Teach Ethics and Empathy Through Games?

      • Karen Schrier
      Pages 145-161

    3. Are You Sure You Want to Do that? Teaching Values with Serious Games

      • Sonja Gabriel
      Pages 163-176

    4. Digital Game Literacy—Potential, Challenges, and Ethical Implications

      • André Weßel
      Pages 177-195

    5. uMed: Your Choice—Conception of a Digital Game to Enhance Medical Ethics Training

      • Johannes Katsarov, Nikola Biller-Andorno, Tobias Eichinger, David Schmocker, Markus Christen
      Pages 197-212

  7. Design Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213
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    2. Using Digital Games for Sexual Education: Design Rules, Issues, and Applications

      • Nina Kiel
      Pages 215-237
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About this book

The number of digital gamers is increasing worldwide, but public debates about digital games commonly focus on questionable game content or pro­blematic gaming behavior. This book offers a broader ethical perspective on digital game cultures, presenting theoretical and empirical work on the ethical dimensions of the development, production and distribution of digital games, as well as issues relating to responsible gaming and the pedagogical use of digital games. Questions of the communicative-cultural change in game cultures are linked with questions of media education and media ethics. With such a comprehensive approach, the volume promotes ethical discourse on digital game cultures.




 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Köln, Germany

    Maike Groen, Angela Tillmann, André Weßel

  • Düsseldorf, Germany

    Nina Kiel

About the editors

Maike Groen is a scientific researcher for the DLR Project Management Agency, focussing on media pedagogy.

Nina Kiel is a game journalist, researcher, and developer.

Dr. Angela Tillmann is a professor of cultural and media pedagogy at TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences.

André Weßel is a research associate in the area of media pedagogy at TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences.





Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Games and Ethics

  • Book Subtitle: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to Ethical Questions in Digital Game Cultures

  • Editors: Maike Groen, Nina Kiel, Angela Tillmann, André Weßel

  • Series Title: Digitale Kultur und Kommunikation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-28175-5

  • Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-28174-8Published: 30 November 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-28175-5Published: 29 November 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2512-0719

  • Series E-ISSN: 2512-0727

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 256

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, Sociology of Education, Skills, Computers and Education

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