Researchers reference realism in digital games without sufficient specificity. Without clarity
about the dimensions of realism, we cannot assess how and when to aim for a higher …

This article provides a review of theoretical approaches to model-based learning and related
research. In accordance with the definition of model-based learning as an acquisition and …

The eighth edition of this text remains an indispensable resource for mass communication
psychology and media effects courses. This book gives readers an in-depth understanding …

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools have altered the gaming industry, thanks to their newly
incepted functionalities, which have enhanced the consumer experience. Building on …

This entry in the BEA Electronic Media Research Series, born out of the April 2017 BEA
Research Symposium, takes a look at video games, outlining the characteristics of them as …

Highlights•Converging evidence demonstrates the existence of media violence
effects.•Recent studies investigate the mechanisms underlying media violence …

Purpose In order to encourage customers to try experience virtual tourism, researchers and
practitioners pay more attention on how to improve customers' perception of authenticity …

The effect of violent video games on aggressive behavior is an important topic in the field of
game research. Recently, growing evidence suggests that justified game violence …

An element of video games often attributed to their cultural, economic, and social dominance
as a media entertainment form is their interactive nature. Broadly, games actively engage …

Online games generate enormous revenues for game makers, but game makers encounter
the difficulty in ensuring that in-game tasks are sufficiently challenging to elicit achievement …