Vulnerability and Play: Exploring the Mundane Ways in Which Games Might Harm Players

Martin Johannes Dechant; Max Valentin Birk; Kathrin Gerling

doi:10.1145/3573382.3616048

Vulnerability and Play: Exploring the Mundane Ways in Which Games Might Harm Players

Martin Johannes Dechant, Max Valentin Birk, Kathrin Gerling

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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.

Originele taal-2	Engels
Titel	CHI PLAY Companion '23
Subtitel	Companion Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Redacteuren	Jim Wallace, Jennifer R. Whitson, Beth Bonsignore, Julian Frommel, Erik Harpstead
Uitgeverij	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.
Pagina's	225-227
Aantal pagina's	3
ISBN van elektronische versie	979-8-4007-0029-3
DOI's	https://doi.org/10.1145/3573382.3616048
Status	Gepubliceerd - 6 okt. 2023
Evenement	10th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2023 - Hybrid, Stratford, Canada Duur: 10 okt. 2023 → 13 okt. 2023

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Congres	10th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2023
Land/Regio	Canada
Stad	Hybrid, Stratford
Periode	10/10/23 → 13/10/23

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Dechant, M. J., Birk, M. V., & Gerling, K. (2023). Vulnerability and Play: Exploring the Mundane Ways in Which Games Might Harm Players. In J. Wallace, J. R. Whitson, B. Bonsignore, J. Frommel, & E. Harpstead (editors), CHI PLAY Companion '23: Companion Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (blz. 225-227). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1145/3573382.3616048

Dechant, Martin Johannes ; Birk, Max Valentin ; Gerling, Kathrin. / Vulnerability and Play : Exploring the Mundane Ways in Which Games Might Harm Players. CHI PLAY Companion '23: Companion Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. redacteur / Jim Wallace ; Jennifer R. Whitson ; Beth Bonsignore ; Julian Frommel ; Erik Harpstead. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., 2023. blz. 225-227

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