Moral distress in The Last of Us: Moral agency, character realism, and navigating fixed gaming narratives

Anderson, Karoline Anita

doi:10.1016/j.chbr.2021.100163

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“…The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available on Emerald Insight at: https://www.emerald.com/insight/0007-070X.htm also supported the role of moral agency activation and its impact on the behavioural outcome. Studies have highlighted that moral agency is individuals' continuous evaluation of social and contextual information (Anderson, 2022). In addition, studies related to the deontological and utilitarian perspectives acknowledge how individuals use moral behaviours and implement moral agency in decision-making processes (Mulvey et al, 2020).…”

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“…Studies have defined moral agency as narratives driven by an individual's beliefs and goals. It is the individual's continuous evaluation of social and contextual information (Anderson, 2022). Some deontological and utilitarian perspectives studies also acknowledge how individuals use moral behaviours and implement moral agency in decision-making processes (Mulvey et al ., 2020).…”

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A qualitative exploration to understand consumers' meat preferences in an emerging market through the TPB model

Parida,

Gadekar

2023

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PurposeThis paper investigates the factors and how they lead to meat choice decisions based on preferred slaughter practices. The literature has established the role of psychological factors and morality perception in meat choice decisions. However, it explores how consumers' behavioural intention is impacted towards alternative meat when consumer guilt is activated in different cultural settings.Design/methodology/approachThis study included in-depth interviews with consumers from India's emerging market due to its multicultural dimension and diverse religious beliefs about meat consumption. The authors conducted 17 interviews to explore antecedents towards non-halal meat choices.FindingsUtilizing the Theory of planned behaviour (TPB), this paper explores research gaps related to meat consumption preferences based on preferred slaughter practices in an emerging market context. The findings uncover and add to understanding meat preferences in varied cultural contexts that affect consumer choices. The authors advance the current understanding of TPB from the perspective of behavioural intention toward non-halal meat.Practical implicationsThe study's findings have significant implications for all the organizations/outlets dealing with non-vegetarian food products, whether packaged or fresh and for meat sellers.Originality/valueThe study is unique in identifying the meat choice preferences based on slaughter practice through the extended prism of TPB. The market chosen for this study is one of the biggest consumer markets and its growing continuously.

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Section: Understanding Consumers' Meat Preferences 1065mentioning

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A qualitative exploration to understand consumers' meat preferences in an emerging market through the TPB model

Parida,

Gadekar

2023

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“…9 Nursing managers should reduce the moral distress of nurses by identifying effective factors. 10 Studies have demonstrated that access to support resources is one of the most effective factors in nurses' performance and clinical decision-making. Managers are responsible for providing the appropriate resources to deal with moral distress for their employees.…”

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Participatory management effects on nurses’ organizational support and moral distress

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Research question/aim/objectives Providing care for hospitalized children causes moral distress to nurses. Employee participation in discovering and solving the everyday problems of the workplace is one of the ways to hear the voices of nurses. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of participatory management programs on perceived organizational support and moral distress in pediatric nurses. Research design A quasi-experimental study. Participants and research context The present study was conducted on 114 pediatric nurses in Iran. Data were collected using the Perceived Organizational Support Scale and the Moral Distress Scale of nurses. The intervention included implementing a participatory management program in three treatment departments that were randomly selected and it lasted 4 months. Participatory management was at the level of problem-solving with a focus on investigating, solving, and correcting issues and problems of work shifts and departments concerning the physical environment, equipment of the department, improvement of work processes, and team cooperation. In the control group, ordinary organizational approaches to problem-solving were used. Ethical considerations This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Mashhad School of Nursing and Midwifery. Informed consent was obtained from the study participants. Findings/results Based on the results, both groups were homogenous before the intervention in terms of moral distress and perceived organizational support. The results showed that the moral distress mean scores in the intervention group decreased from 1.45 (0.52) to 1.03 (0.37) after the intervention. Also, the score of the perceived organizational support was 2.12 (1.2) increased after the intervention to 2.68 (1.10) in the intervention group. Conclusions It was found that the participation of nurses in the problem-solving process to solve daily workplace issues can be effective in increasing their perceived organizational support and reducing their moral distress.

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Side-Eye from the Side Kid: Child Sidekicks as Disciplinary Tools in Contemporary Video Games

Reay

2024

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In this article, I analyse the function of supporting child-characters in contemporary videogames. I integrate Stephen Zimmerly’s typology of sidekicks in Young Adult literature with critical writing on the ‘Daddening’ of videogames, a coinage that refers to the rise in the number of videogames that centre on the filial bond between a father figure and a child. Bringing these ideas into conversation with each other allows me to expand Zimmerly’s sidekick typology to include the ‘Ludic Gateway’, the ‘Morality Certificate’, and the ‘Disciplinary Tool’. I explore each category in greater depth using two case studies: The Last of Us series (2012; 2014; 2020) and the God of War series (2008; 2018; 2022). These commercially successful, critically acclaimed franchises rely on young deuteragonists to humanize and redeem the gruff, aggressive, violent male player character. Furthermore, the child sidekicks also serve to regulate the player’s in-game behaviour by way of a parasocial relationship. Using a close reading approach, I demonstrate that the supporting child-characters function as meta-critical devices to discipline gaming communities and the video game medium itself.

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Moral distress in The Last of Us: Moral agency, character realism, and navigating fixed gaming narratives

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A qualitative exploration to understand consumers' meat preferences in an emerging market through the TPB model

A qualitative exploration to understand consumers' meat preferences in an emerging market through the TPB model

Participatory management effects on nurses’ organizational support and moral distress

Side-Eye from the Side Kid: Child Sidekicks as Disciplinary Tools in Contemporary Video Games

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