Dechant, Martin Johannes;
Birk, Max Valentin;
Gerling, Kathrin;
(2023)
Vulnerability and Play: Exploring the Mundane Ways in Which Games Might Harm Players.
In: Wallace, Jim and Whitson, Jennifer and Bonsignore, Beth and Frommel, Julian and Harpstead, Erik, (eds.)
CHI PLAY Companion '23: Companion Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play.
(pp. pp. 225-227).
ACM (Association for Computing Machinery): New York, NY, USA.
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Abstract
The games research community strongly focuses on games as a medium that benefits players, and predominantly views negative effects through the lens of permanent vulnerability. In this paper, we argue that this is a narrow perspective which no longer aligns with how policy makers and other fields view the construct, and limits our research community in how we understand the potential harms of play: First, We deconstruct vulnerability and question who is vulnerable in which context, and then we explore the relationship between vulnerability, game design, and mundane types of harm. We conclude with challenges and opportunities for our community.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Vulnerability and Play: Exploring the Mundane Ways in Which Games Might Harm Players |
| Event: | CHI PLAY '23: The Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play |
| ISBN-13: | 9798400700293 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1145/3573382.3616048 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3573382.3616048 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Digital games; game design; harm; vulnerability |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10194812 |
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