Playing for Change: Teens’ Attitudes Towards Climate Change Action as Expressed Through Interactive Digital Narrative Play

Abstract

We designed and pilot tested “You and CO2”, a program designed to encourage students to reflect on their personal impact on the environment, while also appreciating their place within society to bring about positive societal change. Over three interlinked workshops, students analysed the carbon footprints of some everyday activities, which they then explored in more detail through interacting with a bespoke piece of interactive digital narrative (IDN), No World 4 Tomorrow. Previous papers have discussed the feasibility of the program and student engagement with the concepts. This paper presents analysis of the playthrough data as each participant in the program played the IDN to completion, examining trends in story selection choices for how they reflect students’ understandings and attitudes towards climate change and their own ability to make a difference in matters large and small pertaining to climate change.

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“…Player management Skains et al, 2022;Shannon et al, 2021;Benito-Santos et al, 2021;Orduña Alegría et al, 2020;Fox et al, 2020;Shingai et al, 2020;Wong et al, 2020 7 Non-controllable Skains et al, 2022;Shannon et al, 2021;Benito-Santos et al, 2021;Thibault et al, 2021;Orduña Alegría et al, 2020;Fox et al, 2020;Shingai et al, 2020;Wong et al, 2020;Khoury et al, 2018;Prestopnik et al, 2017;Price et al, 2016 11 Narrative and identity features Avatar creation Skains et al, 2022;Benito-Santos et al, 2021 2 Storytelling device Skains et al, 2022;Thibault et al, 2021;Orduña Alegría et al, 2020;Wong et al, 2020;Palacin-Silva et al, 2018;Prestopnik et al, 2017;Price et al, 2016;Esper et al, 2013 8 Theme and genre Skains et al, 2022;Thibault et al, 2021;Orduña Alegría et al, 2020;Price et al, 2016;Esper et al, 2013 5 Reward and punishment features General reward type Shannon et al, 2021;Benito-Santos et al, 2021;Thibault et al, 2021;Kimura et al, 2020;Orduña Alegría et al, 2020;Shingai et al, 2020;…”

“…Intermittent reward Shannon et al, 2021;Benito-Santos et al, 2021;Orduña Alegría et al, 2020;Hantke et al, 2018;Prestopnik et al, 2017;Pedersen et al, 2017 6 Negative Skains et al, 2022;Shannon et al, 2021;Benito-Santos et al, 2021;Kimura et al, 2020;Fox et al, 2020;Shingai et al, 2020;Wong et al, 2020;Khoury et al, 2018;Palacin-Silva et al, 2018;Spitz et al, 2018;Tinati et al, 2017;Prestopnik et al, 2017;Price et al, 2016;Laso Bayas et al, 2016;Esper et al, 2013 15 Franchise 0 Explicit content 0 In-game advertising 0…”

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