{"190251":{"#nid":"190251","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Bogost on Gamification of Recreational Sports Sites","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat is the medium- to long-term consequence of a social environment where everything is attached to direct feedback and immediate reward?\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty\/bio\/bogost\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIan Bogost\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/strong\u003E, on sites that gamify amateur athletics. \u201cI don\u2019t know what the answer is, but I\u2019m a bit afraid of it.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ESource: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2013-02-07\/our-bodies-our-spreadsheets-fitness-quants-on-rampage.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EBloomberg\u003C\/a\u003E, February 7, 2013; \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/health\/ci_22565935\/fitness-using-technology-unlock-bodys-data?source=rss\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMercury News\u003C\/a\u003E, February 12, 2013; \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/lifestyles\/ci_22616213\/fitness-tracking-data-useful-tool-or-dangerous-obsession\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDenver Post\u003C\/a\u003E, February 19, 2013\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27663","created_gmt":"2013-02-07 10:21:25","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:15","author":"Rebecca Rolfe","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"biodiversity meltdown","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2013-02-07\/our-bodies-our-spreadsheets-fitness-quants-on-rampage.html","dateline":{"date":"2013-02-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-02-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13483","name":"Cow Clicker"},{"id":"3663","name":"Ian Bogost"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}