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Posts by Dr. Rachel Kowert

  • Academic Ramblings: Digital Games in the After Times

    By Dr. Rachel Kowert · Dec 16, 2020 · News

    This year, I was honored to be asked to give the keynote lecture for the Game Studies pre conference at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association this year…

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  • Research Review: Problematic Gaming, In-Game Social Support, and Mental Health

    By Dr. Rachel Kowert · Dec 9, 2020 · News

    Time for another Research Review!  Every month, I will select a recently published research article in the field of game studies and provide an in-depth review. After taking into account…

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  • Jargon Schmargon: Escapism

    By Dr. Rachel Kowert · Dec 2, 2020 · Take This

    On today’s episode of Jargon Schmargon, we are going to talk about Escapism. Escapism  first came into the common vernacular in game studies as one of the primary motivations for…

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  • Academic Ramblings: What is Open Science?

    By Dr. Rachel Kowert · Nov 18, 2020 · Take This

    “Open science” may be a term you’ve heard before as it is part of a bigger movement that has been growing over the last several years to make science more…

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  • Gamers supporting Gamers: The importance of advocacy

    By Dr. Rachel Kowert · Dec 10, 2019 · Research, Video Games

    Despite the actual diversity of gamers, video games have stereotypically been regarded as a “boy’s toy”. This characterization is rooted in the stereotype of the “gamer” (which is in and…

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  • The Social and Emotional Benefits of Playing Online Games

    By Dr. Rachel Kowert · Nov 14, 2019 · Helping Friends, Helping Yourself, Research, Self Care, Take This, Video Games

    By Rachel Kowert We all know the stereotype of the socially inept, basement dwelling online gamer. You know, overweight male player with no friends that lives with their parents until…

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  • Video Game Addiction: What Do We Know Now?

    By Dr. Rachel Kowert, and Dr. Raffael Boccamazzo · Oct 23, 2019 · Video Games

    This year the World Health Organization (WHO) controversially decided to include the diagnoses of gaming disorder and hazardous gaming in the upcoming eleventh version of the International Statistical Classification of…

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  • Take This on Sigma, Overwatch’s Latest Hero

    By Take This, Dr. Raffael Boccamazzo, and Dr. Rachel Kowert · Jul 29, 2019 · Featured, News, Take This, Video Games

    Overwatch recently released its latest hero, Sigma, characterized as having “severe psychological damage” and as being “dangerous to himself and others” because of his fractured mind. When asked about Sigma’s…

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