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Posts by Dr. Rachel Kowert

  • Extremism, identity fusion, and gaming cultures

    By  Dr. Rachel Kowert, Alexi Martel, and Bill Swann · Oct 19, 2022 · Announcements, Expert Content, Research

    While we know extremist content, radicalization, and recruitment is occurring in games, there is still little understanding how and why this may be of a particular concern within gaming communities.

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  • Take This & LeagueSpot tackle esports 101

    By  Dr. Rachel Kowert · Apr 7, 2022 · Announcements

    COVID and remote learning have made online games and esports a main way for kids to make friends, so Take This and LeagueSpot have teamed up to create a new…

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  • Designing Games to Challenge the Stigma Around Mental Health

    By  Take This, Dr. Rachel Kowert, and Matthew Whitby · Feb 1, 2022 · Expert Content, White Papers

    Designing Games to Challenge the Stigma Around Mental Health is a new white paper from Take This. Written by Take This intern and York University PhD student, Matthew Whitby, and…

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  • Academic Ramblings: Avatar Identification

    By  Dr. Rachel Kowert · Oct 13, 2021 · Research

    If you’ve ever played an RPG or really any game that allows you to customize your character you’ve likely shared a similar experience: you go through the sliders and try…

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  • Jargon Schmargon: Self Determination Theory

    By  Dr. Rachel Kowert · Oct 7, 2021 · Research

    In this episode of Jargon Schmargon, we discuss Self-Determination Theory in the context of video game play motivations. Self Determination Theory, or SDT, is something I have talked about in…

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  • Video Games in a Post-COVID 19 World

    By  Dr. Rachel Kowert · Sep 28, 2021 · COVID, Research, Video Games

    In the months since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the general discourse about video games in the public and media seems to have shifted in relation to the uses and effects…

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  • Academic Ramblings: Uses, Gratifications, & Motivations of Game Play

    By  Dr. Rachel Kowert · Sep 8, 2021 · Research

    This month’s Jargon Schmargon was about game motivations, which is intimately tied to a theory we use quite a bit in game studies called uses and gratifications. Uses and gratifications…

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  • Jargon Schmargon: Play Motivations

    By  Dr. Rachel Kowert · Sep 1, 2021 · Research

    In this episode of Jargon Schmargon, we take a look at play motivations. What motivates us to play games, beyond the simple act of “having fun”. Several play motivation models…

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