Playful civic learning: Enabling reflection and lateral trust in game-based public participation

International Journal of Communication

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 759-786

  Gordon, Eric ^a,b   Baldwin Philippi, Jessica ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Civic engagement; Civic media; Design based research; Local government; Serious games; Trust; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011620536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19328036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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