{"59179":{"#nid":"59179","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bogost Tells BOR that Game Design Graduates will be In Demand","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIan Bogost, Associate Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture recently spoke before the Board of Regents (BOR) of the University System of Georgia about the rapidly expanding use of computer games.  He told Board members that graduates who are trained in computer game development and design are poised for a variety of careers in many different sectors. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBOR members contacted Georgia Tech requesting a presentation on computer game development and design following their review of a new Bachelor\u0027s degree in the field for Southern Polytechnic State University.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBogost explained how computer games are rapidly moving beyond their inception as entertainment for teenage boys.  Game-type products are targeting new audiences in industries such as tourism and exercise.  They are also being used for marketing, training, discourse, simulations, edutainment, and many other novel applications, and in industries such as publicity, journalism, arts, education, documentaries, therapy, music, corporate, and advertising.  Bogost noted that with games being applied to so many new uses and across so many industries, game knowledge (such as that provided by Georgia Tech\u0027s Digital Media program) will become advantageous as part of one\u0027s professional expertise.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Ian Bogost, Associate Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture recently spoke before the Board of Regents (BOR) of the University System of Georgia about the rapidly expanding use of computer games.  He told Board members that graduates who are trained in computer game development and design are poised for a variety of careers in many different sectors.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Expanding Use of Computer Games Means Graduates in Demand"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2009-08-12 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:46","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-08-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-08-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"59180":{"id":"59180","type":"image","title":"tqo33782.jpg","body":null,"created":"1449176217","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:56:57","changed":"1475894390","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:50","alt":"","file":{"fid":"190893","name":"tqo33782.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tqo33782.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tqo33782.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":36637,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tqo33782.jpg?itok=CRVux31K"}}},"media_ids":["59180"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.lcc.gatech.edu\/graduate\/","title":"Digital Media Program"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"315","name":"bogost"},{"id":"10088","name":"BOR"},{"id":"439","name":"computer"},{"id":"823","name":"design"},{"id":"2213","name":"Games"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=rkeane3\u0022\u003EContact Rebecca Keane\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}