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Do Game Studies

This is a reminder to start looking into games and their UI systems so I can start assessing the different methods and types.

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Some Articles

Avatar Gender and Ethical Choices in Fable III by Karen Schrier Superman vs Bad Man? The Effects of Empathy and Game Character in Violent Video Games by Christian Happ, MSc, Andre ́ Melzer, PhD, Georges Steffgen, PhD Do Players Prefer Integrated User […]

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Methodology First Draft

Methodology: First we must define empathy, and then create a standard base scale for measuring participants empathy before testing. A potential test for this may be  the Multidimensional approach to individual difference in empathy, created by Mark H. Davis (http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.462.7754&rep=rep1&type=pdf) […]

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Falsifiable Hypothesis

Falsifiable hypothesis: UI elements have no effects on a players rating of a game character, nor do they impact the players decision making.

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Update 1 on Research Question

In the midst of revising my research question. Thoughts to consider: possibly looking into ways to induce empathy using real world connections (the homeless) empathy induction group vs non empathy induction group testing existing game vs making new game how […]

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