Paper Info
Title
The Players' Experience Of Immersion In Persuasive Games: A Study Of My Life As A Refugee And Peacemaker
Abstract
Game studies has seen an increasing interest in serious games with a persuasive goal. Yet, empirical research about the impact of these persuasive games is still limited. This paper aims to advance the field by reporting on an explorative, qualitative study, investigating player experiences in My Life as a Refugee and PeaceMaker, games that address pressing socio-political issues. Theoretically, our research was based on immersion theory and Calleja's account of player involvement. We conducted in-depth interviews with twelve participants. Our results showed that players experienced the two games in a similar way. With respect to immersion, our results highlight its different aspects by showing that the games' narratives had the largest impact on feeling immersed. Our participants also experienced ludic, affective, and spatial immersion, which partly deepened their narrative immersion. Finally, we found that perceived realism, narrative depth, and identification contributed to the immersive experience. The major contribution of this paper is showing that immersion heightened participants' susceptibility to persuasion within the gaming environment, while adding that the roles of emotion and identification in immersion warrant further research.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.17083/ijsg.v5i4.263
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SERIOUS GAMES
Keywords
Field
DocType
Persuasive Games, Serious Games, Immersion, Involvement, Persuasion
Social psychology,Persuasion,Computer science,Knowledge management,Narrative,Game studies,Qualitative research,Affect (psychology),Feeling,Realism,Empirical research
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
5
4
2384-8766
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Manuela Hafner100.34
JEROEN JANSZ214217.20