Game Over for Climate Change?

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_15195
dc.title	Game Over for Climate Change?. Communicating and Visualising Global Warming in Digital Games
dc.contributor.author	Baumann Sabine
dc.contributor.author	Becklas Carolin
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/english-literature/2023/10/game-over-for-climate-change/
dc.description.abstract	Digital games are increasingly used as innovative tools for climate change communication. Our study uses the example of Eco to analyse, with the help of a validated set of criteria, how commercial games communicate climate change and the science behind it, which options for action are suggested to the player and how the interplay of the three pillars of sustainability (environmental, social, and economic) is presented in the game. The paper’s conclusions underline the potential for commercial, multiplayer survival games like Eco to act as educational tools for communicating complex environmental issues, bridging diverse player demographics, and fostering a deeper understanding of the challenges and solutions in addressing climate change and ecological sustainability. Our findings help test and advance existing concepts in environmental communication studies and sustainability studies.
dc.relation.ispartof	English Literature
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 10 \| December 2023
dc.issued	2024-02-06
dc.dateAccepted	2023-11-24
dc.dateSubmitted	2023-09-11
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2420-823X
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/EL/2420-823X/2023/10/003
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Audience engagement
dc.subject	Climate change
dc.subject	Climate change communication
dc.subject	Digital games
dc.subject	Sustainability

Research Article
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Communicating and Visualising Global Warming in Digital Games

Carolin Becklas Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany

Sabine Baumann Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany

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abstract

Digital games are increasingly used as innovative tools for climate change communication. Our study uses the example of Eco to analyse, with the help of a validated set of criteria, how commercial games communicate climate change and the science behind it, which options for action are suggested to the player and how the interplay of the three pillars of sustainability (environmental, social, and economic) is presented in the game. The paper’s conclusions underline the potential for commercial, multiplayer survival games like Eco to act as educational tools for communicating complex environmental issues, bridging diverse player demographics, and fostering a deeper understanding of the challenges and solutions in addressing climate change and ecological sustainability. Our findings help test and advance existing concepts in environmental communication studies and sustainability studies.

Published

Feb. 6, 2024

Accepted

Nov. 24, 2023

Submitted

Sept. 11, 2023

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Keywords: Climate change • Audience engagement • Climate change communication • Digital games • Sustainability

permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/EL/2420-823X/2023/10/003

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