{"65531":{"#nid":"65531","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Bogost on Newsgames in Newsrooms","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Newsgames are particularly optimal for exploring and explaining topics and stories that involved complex systems, such as climate change, armed conflicts, or budget showdowns,\u0022 said Ian Bogost, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Digital Media, in his opening presentation during a recent gathering at University of Minnesota\u2019s Journalism Center. Bogost continued, \u0022Allowing people to experience these stories, more than just showing or telling them the information, has the potential to have enormous impact on their understanding of a topic.\u0022 \u003Cem\u003ESource: PBS (Idealab) - April 8, 2011\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/idealab\/2011\/04\/why-are-newsrooms-resistant-to-creating-newsgames097.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERead full article\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27418","created_gmt":"2011-04-12 13:04:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:24:27","author":"Lauren Langley","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"ECE Student Faculty Committee","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/idealab\/2011\/04\/why-are-newsrooms-resistant-to-creating-newsgames097.html","dateline":{"date":"2011-04-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-04-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3663","name":"Ian Bogost"},{"id":"12774","name":"Idealab"},{"id":"10590","name":"Newsgames"},{"id":"2521","name":"pbs"}],"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":""}}}