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Posts tagged “Dr. Rachel Kowert”

  • 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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  • State of the Research: Violent Video Games

    By  Dr. Rachel Kowert · Aug 25, 2021 · Research, Video Games

    In this all new State of the Research, we tackle the big kahuna: Violent video games. Specifically, we tackle the three broad issues associated with claims of violent video game…

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  • Academic Ramblings: Frustration Aggression Hypothesis

    By  Dr. Rachel Kowert · Aug 11, 2021 · Research

    On today’s episode of Academic Ramblings, we are going to explore the Frustration-Aggression hypothesis. Now, you may be saying, that sounds more like a topic for a jargon schmargon. Don’t…

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  • Jargon Schmargon: Aggression & Violence

    By  Dr. Rachel Kowert · Aug 4, 2021 · Research

    Aggression and violence are two terms we hear often when talking about video game effects. In fact, these two terms are used interchangeably, which is unfortunate because they actually refer…

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