{"583949":{"#nid":"583949","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"How Pokemon Go Can Save Lives in a Hurricane","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIan Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication,\u0026nbsp;was referenced in \u0026ldquo;How Pokemon Go Can Save Lives in a Hurricane\u0026rdquo; by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESmithsonian Magazine\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAuthor and game designer\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0143120611\/?tag=slatmaga-20\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJane McGonigal popularized the notion of gamification\u003C\/a\u003E, in which players can get points, badges, or other rewards for ordinarily mundane tasks. According to McGonigal and others like\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/bogost.com\/books\/play-anything\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIan Bogost\u003C\/a\u003E, gamification can motivate us to recover from personal setbacks including injury,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/technology\/future_tense\/2015\/11\/how_video_games_can_teach_your_brain_to_fight_depression.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Edepression\u003C\/a\u003E, or distress, and improve our lives by forming new habits or skills. For example,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/technology\/technology\/2014\/01\/duolingo_the_free_language_learning_app_that_s_addictive_and_fun.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDuolingo\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;allows people to learn a language online while\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.duolingo.com\/translations\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Etranslating online documents and websites\u003C\/a\u003E. Students earn skill points as they complete lessons or translate web content, and the complexity of sentences increases as the user progresses. Other games use\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/technology\/the_efficient_planet\/2013\/03\/opower_using_smiley_faces_and_peer_pressure_to_save_the_planet.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ecompetition and peer pressure\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;among neighbors to reduce electricity consumption when appeals to saving money and the environment don\u0026rsquo;t work.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/innovation\/how-pokemon-go-can-save-lives-hurricane-180961093\/?no-ist\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2016-11-16 17:22:11","changed_gmt":"2016-11-16 17:22:11","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Pranav Kulkarni","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/innovation\/how-pokemon-go-can-save-lives-hurricane-180961093\/?no-ist","dateline":{"date":"2016-11-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-11-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"252091":{"id":"252091","type":"image","title":"Ian Bogost","body":null,"created":"1449243813","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:43:33","changed":"1502475238","gmt_changed":"2017-08-11 18:13:58","alt":"Ian Bogost","file":{"fid":"226504","name":"bogost-color.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bogost-color.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bogost-color.png","mime":"image\/png","size":6216793,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/bogost-color.png?itok=1Az_4YGj"}}},"media_ids":["252091"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}}}