dc.contributor.author |
Gampell, Anthony |
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dc.contributor.author |
Gaillard, Jean-Christophe |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2017-05-21T22:17:22Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2016-08 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 34(2):283-316 Aug 2016 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0280-7270 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/32960 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Increasingly, international organisations (e.g. UNESCO, UNISDR), governments (e.g. Canada), and non-government organisations (NGOs) (e.g. Save the Children, Christian Aid) and researchers use video games to raise disaster and disaster risk reduction (DRR) awareness. Yet, there is a paucity of studies on these games in the disaster literature. This article presents a typology specifically designed to deconstruct both disaster awareness building and mainstream disaster orientated video games, identifying how games like Stop Disasters, Disaster Watch, Inside Haiti, Earthquake Response, Fallout and SimCity instil disaster awareness, portray hazards, vulnerabilities, capacities, disasters and DRR. The article also touches upon ideas of game content, player motivation, skill building and social interaction in the context of disaster themed video games. The findings suggest video games have the potential to be positive tools to reinforce messages surrounding DRR, though further research is necessary. This article sets an agenda for future research. |
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dc.publisher |
Jacksonville State University |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Stop Disasters 2.0: Video Games as Tools for Disaster Risk Reduction |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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pubs.issue |
2 |
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pubs.begin-page |
283 |
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pubs.volume |
34 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: International Research Committee on Disasters |
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pubs.end-page |
316 |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
610739 |
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pubs.org-id |
Science |
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pubs.org-id |
School of Environment |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2017-01-30 |
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