Week
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Date
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Required Readings
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1
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9/9
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Introduction to class： (Dr. Tammy Lin)
Video games as a field in communication
- Applications of games
- Game as an important role in Web 3.0 and metaverse
- Origins of digital games
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2
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9/16
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Game, play, development of digital games (Taught by Dr. Jih-Hsuan Tammy Lin)
- Quandt, T., Van Looy, J., Vogelgesang, J., Elson, M., Ivory, J. D., Consalvo, M., & Mäyrä, F. (2015). Digital games research: a survey study on an emerging field and its prevalent debates. Journal of Communication, 65(6), 975-996.
- Elson, M., Breuer, J., Ivory, J. D., & Quandt, T. (2014). More than stories with buttons: Narrative, mechanics, and context as determinants of player experience in digital games. Journal of Communication, 64(3), 521–542.
- Vorderer, P., & Reinecke, L. (2015). From mood to meaning: The changing model of the user in entertainment research. Communication Theory, 25(4), 447-453.
- Tamborini, R., Bowman, N. D., Eden, A., Grizzard, M., & Organ, A. (2010). Defining media enjoyment as the satisfaction of intrinsic needs. Journal of Communication, 60, 758-777.
- Reinecke, L., Tamborini, R., Grizzard, M., Lewis, R., Eden, A., & David Bowman, N. (2012). Characterizing mood management as need satisfaction: The effects of intrinsic needs on selective exposure and mood repair. Journal of Communication, 62(3), 437-453.
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3
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9/23
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Technology in console games: Motion-sensing systems.
Let’s Play! Meet at Room 320 or VR Zone
Virtual reality Content and design
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4
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9/30
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Virtual reality and games (by Jih-Hsuan Tammy Lin)
- Lin, J.-H., Wu, D.-Y.;Tao, C.-C., (2018). So scary, yet so fun: the role of self-efficacy in enjoyment of a virtual reality horror game. New Media and Society, 20, 3223-3242.
- Lin, J.-H., 2017.07, 'Fear in Virtual Reality (VR): Fear elements, coping reactions, immediate and next-day fright responses toward a survival horror zombie virtual reality game. Computers in Human Behavior, 72, 350-361.
- Lin, J.-H., Wu, D. Y., & Bowman, N. (2023). Beat Saber as Virtual Reality Exercising in 360 Degrees: A Moderated Mediation Model of VR Playable Angles on Physiological and Psychological Outcomes. Media Psychology, 26(4), 414-435.
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5
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10/7
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Interactivity as demand, cognitive demand (online session 1)
by Nick Bowman (包尼克), Syracuse University
- Bowman, N. D. (2016). Video gaming as co-production. In R. Lind (Ed.), Produsing 2.0: The intersection of audiences and production in a digital world (Vol. 2, pp. 107-123). Peter Lang Publishing.
- Bowman, N. D. (2018). Video games: A medium that demands our attention. Routledge.
(Read chapters 1, 2, 5, and 13 partial)
- Bowman, N. D. (2019) Video games as demanding technologies. Media & Communication, 7(4), 144-148.
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6
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10/14
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Violence and digital games & Character identification, player-avatar relationship as mechanisms
- Klimmt, C., Hefner, D., & Vorderer, P. (2009). The Video Game Experience as "True" Identification: A Theory of Enjoyable Alterations of Players' Self-Perception. Communication Theory, 19(4).
- Lin, J. H. (2013). Identification matters: A moderated mediation model of media interactivity, character identification, and video game violence on aggression. Journal of Communication, 63, 682-702. doi: 10.1111/jcom.12044
- Barlett, C. P., Anderson, C. A., & Swing, E. L. (2009). Video game effects-confirmed, suspected, and speculative: A review of the evidence. Simulation Gaming, 40(3), 377-403.
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7
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10/21
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Esports and game streaming (Definition of game streaming and related research; industry overview; Documentary: Free to play )
(By Dr. Jih-Hsuan Tammy Lin)
- Cheung, G., & Huang, J. (2011, May). Starcraft from the stands: understanding the game spectator. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 763-772). ACM.
- Lin, J-H., Bowman, N. D., Lin, S-F., & Chen, Y-S (2019). Setting the digital stage: Defining game streaming as an entertainment experience. Entertainment Computing, 31.
- Brown, K. A., Billings, A. C., Lewis, M., & Bissell, K. (2018). Explicating the electricity of eSports: Motivations for play and consumption. In N. D. Bowman (Ed.), Video games: A medium that demands our attention. Routledge
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8
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10/28
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Interactivity as demand—emotional demand (online session 2)
by Nick Bowman (包尼克), Syracuse University
- Bowman, N. D. (2018). Video games: A medium that demands our attention. Routledge.
(Read chapters 4, 5, 7, and 13 partial)
- Hemenover, S. H. & Bowman, N. D. (2018). Video games, emotion, and emotion regulation: Expanding the scope. Annals of the International Communication Association, 42(2), 125-143.
- Bowman, N. D. & Tamborini, R. (2015). “In the mood to game”: Selective exposure and mood management processes in computer game play. New Media & Society, 17(3), 375-393.
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9
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11/4
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VR zone experience or Spatial Computing for games
Maloney, D., Freeman, G., & Wohn, D. Y. (2020). " Talking without a Voice" Understanding Non-verbal Communication in Social Virtual Reality. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 4(CSCW2), 1-25.
*Motion-based VR
*Cooperative VR
*Action-motion VR
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10
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11/11
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Advergames and Games for health (will feature related projects and research regarding using games for advertising persuasion)
Newsgames: Games for news
(By Dr. Jih-Hsuan Tammy Lin)
- van Reijmersdal, E. A., Rozendaal, E., & Buijzen, M. (2012). Effects of prominence, involvement, and persuasion knowledge on children's cognitive and affective responses to advergames. Journal of Interactive Marketing, 26(1), 33–42.
- Peng, W., Lin, J. H., Pfeiffer, K., & Winn, B. (2012). Need satisfaction supportive game features as motivational determinants: An experimental study of a self-determination theory guided exergame. Media Psychology, 15, 175-196.
- Peng, W., Lee, M., & Heeter, C. (2010). The effects of a serious game on role-taking and willingness to help. Journal of Communication, 60(4), 723-742.
- Lin, J.-H., & Wu, D.-W. (2020). Newsgames for the greater good: The effects of graphic realism and geographic proximity on knowledge acquisition and willingness to help. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, 97(1), 30-51.
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11
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11/18
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Final project chat/talk/counseling 晤談 (In class)
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12
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11/25
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Interactivity-as-demand, exertional demand in person, sessions 3 and 4)
by Nick Bowman (包尼克), Syracuse University
- Bowman, N. D. (2018). Video games: A medium that demands our attention. Routledge.
(Read chapters 6 and 13 partial)
- Bowman, N. D., Liebold, B., & Pietschmann, D. (2017). The Golden (Hands) Rule: Exploring user experiences with gamepad and natural-user interfaces in popular video games. Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds, 19(1), 69-83.
Liebold, B., Bowman, N. D., & Pietschmann, D. (2020). Natural in the eyes of the (be)holder: A survey on novelty and learning effects in the enjoyment of naturally mapped video game controllers. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 9(2), 255-265.
NOTE: In the same week, Nick Bowman will offer another session for personal meetings, for term projects晤談
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13
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12/2
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Online talk: Christine Cook
Topic: Trolling and uncivil behaviors in digital games
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14
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12/9
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Session 5: Interactivity-as-demand, social demand
(online session 5)
by Nick Bowman (包尼克), Syracuse University
- Bowman, N. D. (2018). Video games: A medium that demands our attention. Routledge.
(Read chapters 8, 9, 10, and 13 partial)
- Bowman, N. D., Weber, R., Tamborini, R., & Sherry, J. L. (2013). Facilitating game play: How others affect performance at and enjoyment of video games. Media Psychology, 16(1), 39-64.
- Bowman, N. D., Rieger, D., & Lin, J-H. T. (2022). Social video gaming and well-being. Current Opinions in Psychology, 45.
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15
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12/16
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Session 6: Sense of place and nostalgia in games
(online session 6)
by Nick Bowman (包尼克), Syracuse University
- Bowman, N. D., & Wulf, T. (2023). Nostalgia in video games. Current Opinions in Psychology, 49. .
- Bowman, N. D., Banks, J., & Rittenour, C. (2020). Country Roads through 1s and 0s: Sense of place for and recognition of West Virginia following long-term engagement with Fallout 76. Technology, Mind, & Behavior, 1(1).
- Robinson, J., & Bowman, N. D. (2021). Returning to Azeroth: Nostalgia, sense of place, and social presence in World of Warcraft Classic. Games & Culture, 17(3). 421-444.
- Wulf, T., Bowman, N. D., Rieger, D., Velez, J., & Breuer, J. (2018). Video games as time machines: Video game nostalgia and the return of old gaming content and technologies. Media and Communication, 6(2), 60-68.
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16
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12/23
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Final project presentation
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17
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12/30
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Flexible week—writing paper
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18
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1/6
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Flexible week—final paper submission
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