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Serious Games as Positive Technologies

Serious Games as Positive Technologies

Luca Argenton, Federica Pallavicini, Fabrizia Mantovani
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781522579090|ISBN10: 1522579095|EISBN13: 9781522579106
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7909-0.ch033
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Argenton, Luca, et al. "Serious Games as Positive Technologies." Multigenerational Online Behavior and Media Use: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 597-616. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7909-0.ch033

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Argenton, L., Pallavicini, F., & Mantovani, F. (2019). Serious Games as Positive Technologies. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Multigenerational Online Behavior and Media Use: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 597-616). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7909-0.ch033

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Argenton, Luca, Federica Pallavicini, and Fabrizia Mantovani. "Serious Games as Positive Technologies." In Multigenerational Online Behavior and Media Use: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 597-616. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7909-0.ch033

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Abstract

Serious games are growing rapidly both as an industry and a field of academic research. They have been able to shape new opportunities for individual and collective learning and training, showing a discrete effectiveness. Further, serious games have been capable of supporting health and well-being. That is why they can be considered as positive technologies. Positive Technology is an emergent field whose goal is to investigate how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can be used to empower the quality of personal experience The aim of the present chapter is to discuss the role of serious games as positive technology, analyzing how they can influence both individual and interpersonal experiences by fostering positive emotions, promoting engagement, as well as enhancing social integration and connectedness.

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