The Civic Potential of Video Games Free

Author: Joseph Kahne
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Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B0030EFOO0

The Civic Potential of Video Games (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning)

This report focuses on the civic aspects of video game play among youth. Download The Civic Potential of Video Games (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning) from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. According to
a 2006 survey, 58 percent of young people aged 15 to 25 were civically "disengaged," meaning that
they participated in fewer than two types of either electoral activities (defined as voting,
campaigning, etc.) or civic activities (for example, volunteering). Kahne and his coauthors are
interested in what role video games may or may not play in this disengagement.Until now, most
research in the field has considered how video games relate to children's aggression and to academic
learning. Digital media scholars suggest, however, that other social outcomes also deserve
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a 2006 survey, 58 percent of young people aged 15 to 25 were civically "disengaged," meaning that
they participated in fewer than two types of either electoral activities (defined as voting,
campaigning, etc.) or civic activities (for example, volunteering). Kahne and his coauthors are
interested in what role video games may or may not play in this disengagement.Until now, most
research in the field has considered how video games relate to children's aggression and to academic
learning For example, as games become more social, some sc

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