UC Davis Moral Foundations Theory and Moral Reasoning in Video Game Play Essay

User Generated

bnxl

Writing

University of California Davis

Description

Research Article #2 Assignment

You are to select a NEW (different from your last selection) scholarly communication article from a peer-reviewed, academic research journal, published within the last ten years. This assignment is not meant to be re-write of Research Article #1, rather it is an opportunity to take our feedback from Research Article #1 and assess a new article for this assignment. If you submit a re-write of Research Article #1, you will be given a score of 0.

WHAT IS THIS ASSIGNMENT

You will be reviewing/assessing a DIFFERENT peer-reviewed communication journal article. This allows you to further familiarize yourself with the discipline and social science journal publishing norms. 

WHERE DO I GET AN ARTICLE? 

You are to select an empirical communication article from a peer-reviewed, academic research journal, published within the last ten years and written by a UC Davis Communication Department faculty member

You should select your article from the Communication DepartmentLinks to an external site. page by looking up different faculty pages. Some of the faculty pages have direct links to their research articles, for others, you may be able to copy/paste the reference in Google Scholar to locate the article. Many faculty members will also have listed book chapters, encyclopedia entries, and other publications that are not from a peer-reviewed, academic journal. It is your responsibility to ensure that the article you select meets the criteria indicated above in bold type.

I HIGHLY suggest that you search while using the UCD Library VPNLinks to an external site., otherwise, you will not have free access to the majority of these articles. Please DO NOT pay for any article your UCD tuition pays for access, again, using the library VPN will be needed for free access. 

SUBMISSION DETAILS

There is no need to add your name, class name, section, or any other information at the top of your submission. We have all of this information when you submit through Canvas. 

Your submission should be: one- to two-page write up in essay format, single-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins all around. Submissions must be in Word or PDF (free access to these can be found on the IT site). Links to an external site.We cannot read submissions in other formats. Submissions we can't read won't be graded. Also, all submissions must be via Canvas, not email. 

WHAT DO I WRITE ABOUT? 

In your write-up/essay be sure to include the most important components of the article by addressing the following:

Clearly state and explain the hypothesis and/or research question(s) that drive the author’s study. What communication aspects is the author addressing?

Describe how the author(s) conducted their research. That is, what was the design of the study used by the author(s) to answer the research question(s)/assess their hypothesis? What methods did they use to address their hypothesis/research questions? 

What results or findings do the author(s) claim? And, what are the implications and/or relevance (importance) of those findings, according to the author(s)?

Comment on what you see as the strengths and weaknesses of the article. That is to say, what did you like about the research and reporting, and why? Also, what parts of the study and write-up do you feel could be improved, and how?

User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following Studypool's honor code & terms of service.

Explanation & Answer

Please view explanation and answer below.Hello! Attached is the final answer. Thank you so much for choosing me for this project😀

Research Article 2: Assignment
Moral Foundations Theory and Moral Reasoning in Video Game Play: Using Real-Life
Morality in a Game Context

The purpose of this study is to determine whether moral reasoning occurs during video
gameplay and whether real-world moral principles are applied in a video game context. This
includes determining the types of reasoning that players frequently employ while playing.
Although numerous empirical studies have been conducted to support the notion that moral
decisions are formed during video gameplay, the majority of these studies focused on game
decisions only. However, they did not decipher the underlying mechanisms of moral reasoning
that underpin these moral decisions. Only a few published studies have examined the rationales
for how these moral outcomes were constructed.
Many empirical studies on moral reasoning in video game play support the idea that players
can make two types of decisions simultaneously while immersed in the gaming world: moral and
strategic decisions. The authors claim that a dual media processing system can process media
devices like video games. System 1 (Intuitive system) is used when quick discernments or
decisions are req...


Anonymous
Awesome! Perfect study aid.

Studypool
4.7
Trustpilot
4.5
Sitejabber
4.4

Similar Content

Related Tags