News Game Study In The Context Of Media Convergence

Through in-depth interview,case analysis and observational survey,this thesis explores newsgames in three dimensions,namely production integration,narrative features and publicity,about in what sense newsgames constitute new forms of journalism,as well as what problems and challenges they face in the era of media convergence.The thesis finds that with the rise of the network society,newsgames reform the newsroom by production integration.From-the isolated,closed text of traditional journalism dominated by the disseminator to newsgames which focus on user subjectivity,the transformation process is the outcome of the humanization of media technology,which broaden the boundary of dissemination in the digital era.Meanwhile,the interactive narrative feature of newsgames change the practice and meaning of news,and builds a new paradigm characterized by visual art and contextualization.The traditional principle of 'real' transforms to 'half-real',the authority of 'objectivity' is challenged by 'subjectivity' and human intervention.In addition,newsgames also deliver public affairs in a joking style,and trigger public debate by the players.Thus,newsgame is one of the media tools toward publicity.However,newsgames still face many challenges.Firstly,the transformation of news production system by production integration in essence is not active business innovation and technological progress,but a passive choice of cultural production model in post industrialized society,which indicates the of power dispersion of content producers in the domination of commercialism.Secondly,newsgames are not in correlation with the socialization and transparency revolution in the news production field.The problem of commercial realization also affects the sustainability.Also,as art of simulation,newsgames are likely to fall into the crisis of 'simulacra' and'hyperreality' put forward by Jean Baudrillard.As to interactive narrative,the interactivity and narrative elements of newsgames form another conflict.What's more,the balance of public goals and gameplay has also become a topic worthy of discussion.As new forms of journalism in the era of media convergence,newsgames are a transcendence of traditional news.Despite the many problems and challenges,the future forms of news are always in exploration toward the trend of rationalization and humanization,rather than stick to the old-fashioned stereotype and refuse to go further.