Playing with empathy: Digital role-playing games in public meetings

C and T 2011 - 5th International Conference on Communities and Technologies, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 179-185

  Gordon, Eric ^a   Schirra, Steven ^a  

^a EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

deliberation; digital games; empathy; participatory planning; role play

Indexed keywords

DELIBERATION; DIGITAL GAMES; EMPATHY; PARTICIPATORY PLANNING; ROLE PLAY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84857488181     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2103354.2103378     Document Type: Conference Paper

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