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A collection of research on gamification shows that a majority of studies on gamification find it has positive effects on individuals. [29] [5] However, individual and contextual differences exist. [30] Gamification can be achieved using different game mechanics and elements which can be linked to 8 core drives when using the Octalysis ...
In 2013 DiGRA launched the journal Transactions of Digital Games Research Association (ToDiGRA). The journal is refereed, open access, and dedicated to furthering the aims of the organization by disseminating "the wide variety of research within the game studies community combining, for example, humane science with sociology, technology with design, and empirics with theory". [5]
The games and learning research world studies how new digital media tools shift the topic of education research from recalling and repeating information to being able to find it, evaluate it and use it compellingly at the right time and in the right context. Games and learning research explores how games and game communities can lead to 21st ...
In information science, profiling refers to the process of construction and application of user profiles generated by computerized data analysis.. This is the use of algorithms or other mathematical techniques that allow the discovery of patterns or correlations in large quantities of data, aggregated in databases.
LONDON (AP) — Time spent playing video games can be good for mental health, according to a new study by researchers at Oxford University. The finding comes as video game sales this year have ...
Profiling facilitates this strategic objective in three important ways. [6] First, profiling can reveal strategic weaknesses in rivals that the firm may exploit. Second, the proactive stance of competitor profiling will allow the firm to anticipate the strategic response of their rivals to the firm's planned strategies, the strategies of other ...
By Debra Auerbach, The Work Buzz If you're a big "The Hunger Games" fan like I am, you were probably crazy excited to watch the movie's first trailer, which debuted last Monday. For those of you ...
In a study by Tang & Fox in 2016, they looked at if there was any correlation between men's personality and contextual factors and if these factors could predict the men's behaviors and the types of harassment these men would employ as they played video games. Their study found that the men who were categorized as showing signs of being ...