RT Journal Article
T1 Newsgames: The Use of Digital Games by Mass-Media Outlets to Convey Journalistic Messages
A1 Gómez García, Salvador
A1 De la Hera Conde-Pumpido, Teresa
AB This study explores the way mass-media outlets make use of digital games to convey journalistic messages. Newsgames have been defined by several scholars in the intersection between digital journalism and game studies. However, because of the heterogeneity of this phenomenon, there is still a lack of clarity of what could be considered, or not, a newsgame. This study aims to shed light into this question by exploring how newsgames are used in practice by journalists. We therefore approach the understanding of this phenomenon from a bottom-up perspective to give an answer to the following research question: How are journalistic messages structured within newsgames published by online mass-media outlets? A grounded theory approach is used to analyze 75 games published in a total of 47 mass-media digital outlets from 17 countries. The results of this study have led to the proposal of a more systematic identification and analytical approach for newsgames.
PB Sage
SN 1555-4120
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/124543
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/124543
LA eng
NO Gómez-García, S., & de la Hera Conde-Pumpido, T. (2022). Newsgames: The Use of Digital Games by Mass-Media Outlets to Convey Journalistic Messages. Games and Culture, 18(4), 449-474. https://doi.org/10.1177/15554120221105461
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
NO “Digital Literacy Games: Digital games designed to support digital literacy skills acquisition”
DS Docta Complutense
RD 18 mar 2026