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Academic Reflection On Newsgames And Its Practices

Posted on:2020-01-27Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:G G LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2428330596993581Subject:Journalism and communication
Abstract/Summary:
The rapid development of Internet technology has promoted the transformation and upgrading of different industries.Through cross-border,the game industry has gradually surpassed the "ninth art" category,applied to military,education,medical,social services,news and other fields.At the same time,media convergence has become an important trend in the development of the current media industry,which has led to constant changes in the media form.Benefit from the support of new media technologies,newsgames have taken root in the soil of new technologies,realizing the integration of media technology,content,product form and other aspects.The birth and development of newsgames not only meets the needs of the times,but also provides the transformation,upgrading and innovation of the game and journalism industry.Therefore,researching newsgame is a question of practical significance.Based on the existing research results,this paper sorts out the problems existing in the current research and clarifies the relationship between multiple concepts and newsgames.The essence and form of newsgames are discussed from the perspective of academics.At the same time,in order to avoid the emptiness in the discussion,this paper starts from the existing situation,based on the typical newsgame cases at home and abroad,combine problems in practice,further analyzes the design principles and narrative strategies of the newsgame.Finally,based on the above research,the newsgame has made a reasonable value judgment and made recommendations for its future development.The research content of this paper can be divided into three parts:The purpose of this part is to sort out the relevant research results of newsgame and analyze the research background and significance of this paper.On this basis,further clarify the research problems,research methods,research ideas,research innovations and existing difficulties.The second part is the discussion and thinking part,including the second and third chapters of this article.This part focuses on the controversial problems in current newsgame research,combined with the practice of the industry,based on the case analysis,discusses the nature,form and design and narrative strategy of the newsgame.After many sets of concept analysis,the paper determines the essential attribute of the newsgame as the game,and at the same time,it presents a variety of features in the form.Therefore,the newsgame are classified according to the time of topic selection,subject matter content,game mode and game function,so as to understand the connotation and extension of newsgame from multiple angles.In addition,aiming at the problems existing in the current practice,this paper is based on the integration perspective of the game and the journalism industry.It discusses the design and narrative strategy of newsgame from three aspects: design principles,story content and narrative discourse,for the future of newsgame.Provide references for innovation and practice.The third part is the summary and recommendations section,including the fourth and fifth chapters.This part analyzes and thinks about the value of newsgame,and proposes suggestions for the development of future newsgame.There are some differences between the value judgment of newsgame and most of the current research,and the reason for the difference is mainly due to the difference in the understanding of the nature of newsgame.The paper believes that the newsgame as a game has positive significance for the future development of the game and journalism industry.For the game industry,on the one hand,newsgame can help the public understand the positive value and social benefits of the game,thus promoting the public's cognition towards objective and comprehensive.On the other hand,newsgame can stimulate the vitality of the game's cross-border development,for the game industry.The transformation and upgrading provide power.For the journalism industry,newsgame play a reference role.Inspired by newsgame,the journalism industry can produce gamification news products under the guidance of gamification thinking to attract readers and enrich the form of reports.However,in the process of practice,we must grasp the boundaries of integration and adhere to journalism professionalism.Finally,based on the current problems of newsgame,this paper puts forward suggestions to promote the future development of the newsgame.
Keywords/Search Tags:newsgame, cross-border, transformation, media convergence
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