Long-Term Effects of Computerized Simulations in Protracted Conflicts: The Case of Global Conflicts

Kampf, Ronit

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-31510-2_21

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“…Therefore, Czech participants have a unique set of knowledge and attitudes towards the topic as it is close to them. This fact is important as the results from several studies (e.g., Kampf, 2016a) suggest that there is a relation between the observed effect on attitudes and participants' cultural background. Furthermore, we required that all our participants have at least basic knowledge of the English language since the game used in the control condition was in English only.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…1, Exp. 2; 2016a, 2016b; Peña et al, 2018) used games utilizing perspective‐taking in their game design. On the one hand, all Kampf's studies (using the games Peacemaker and Global Conflicts ) confirm the effect of this game mechanic on attitude change towards the sides in the Israeli‐Palestinian conflict in comparison to the control group.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Regarding long‐term explicit attitude change, there exist, to our knowledge, only two studies that measured it while having a control group (Kampf, 2016b; Ruggiero, 2015). Neither of them focused on attitudes towards historical topics.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Concerning long‐term explicit attitude change, only a few studies examined it using self‐report scales (e.g., Duncan et al, 2018; Smith et al, 2017). To our knowledge, only two of those with long‐term measures included a control condition (Kampf, 2016b; Ruggiero, 2015). Both studies confirmed long‐term explicit attitude change: the former towards the Israeli‐Palestinian conflict, the latter towards homelessness.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…We found only one study using pretest‐posttest design with a control group examining implicit attitudes (Alblas et al, 2018). Also, as far as we know, there are only two studies of video games that have examined long‐term explicit attitude evaluations and which have a control condition (Kampf, 2016b; Ruggiero, 2015). To our knowledge, no studies have examined long‐term implicit attitude change, nor both explicit and implicit attitude change with a control condition over the long‐term in relation to the topics represented in video games.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Can video games change attitudes towards history? Results from a laboratory experiment measuring short‐ and long‐term effects

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This study investigates a video game's effects on implicit and explicit attitudes towards depicted historical events in the short‐ and long‐term on a sample of 148 young adults. We used, as an intervention tool, a serious game Czechoslovakia 38–89: Borderlands that deals with the expulsion of the Sudeten Germans from the former Czechoslovakia after the WWII. Results showed more negative pretest‐posttest explicit attitude changes towards the expulsion on a general level (d = −0.34) and a specific level (d = −0.53) compared to the control group. Over the long‐term, group differences in attitude change remained significant for the specific level (d = −0.44), but not for general one (d = −0.16). Exploratory analysis on the item level indicated that especially attitudes towards the expulsion's (un)fairness were affected by the game. However, no significant changes were found in implicit attitudes in the experimental group. This study is the first of such scale to empirically investigate video games' effects on a society's historical awareness.

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confidence: 93%