Academics Supportive of Gaming

[Booya]

Hey guys, been lurking for a few months now, first time posting.

Long story short, I'm a politics major doing an essay on the status that video games should have in a civil society.

Can anyone think of any academics other than Jenkins that I could cite? And the essay is about the politics not the science, so people like brain scan study doctors won't help me much.

Thanks.

[nightwng2000]

A "civil society"??? Where?! Where?! :eek:

Sorry, had to do it. :D

Check out the Reading Room of GP:

http://gamepolitics.com/recommended-reading/

There may be other links on the main page that might help too. Just have to scroll down a bit to find them.

[Samson Effect]

Ian Bogost is a guy you might want to look into, he's a Georgia Tech professor and founder of Persuasive Games.

[Soldat_Louis]

Hey guys, been lurking for a few months now, first time posting.

Long story short, I'm a politics major doing an essay on the status that video games should have in a civil society.

Can anyone think of any academics other than Jenkins that I could cite? And the essay is about the politics not the science, so people like brain scan study doctors won't help me much.

Thanks.


Here is a list of people I know, except Henry Jenkins :
- Jeffrey Goldstein
- Patricia Marks Greenfield
- Matteo Bittanti
- James Paul Gee
- Guy Cumberbatch, from UK

[Pominator]

technically I am an academic, I have been working on a few essays on the effects of videogame violence and the societal impact of it (well the lack thereof) and other things, if you want I could send you a draft, just let me finish my homework