{"656157":{"#nid":"656157","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Madej Co-Authors Book on Disabilities in Video Games","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/krystina-madej\u0022\u003EKrystina Madej\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, \u003C\/strong\u003Eresearch associate in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lmc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/a\u003E, co-authored the book \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wydawnictwo.dsw.edu.pl\/books\/fragile_avatars_representations_of_disability_in_video_games?fbclid=IwAR3rienXfCaqTMo--aJIrGiFOQwzALf7XozLHNAlmf5eHmpGm-EO61Ui3VI\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFragile Avatars? Representation of Disability in Video Games\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E published by the University of Lower Silesia in December 2021.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the book, Madej, a retired professor of the practice in the School of Literature, Media and Communication, focuses on how children\u0026rsquo;s perception of disability is established and maintained or altered through playing video games in which characters with disabilities are represented. Through an analysis of 40 games played by children ages 3-12, she maps development against narrative and game play to show how perception of disability evolves.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 40 games were chosen to represent a broad range of physical disabilities and game genres. Games for children 3+ included\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EBackyard Baseball Junior\u003C\/em\u003E, in which the player Kenny uses a wheelchair, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EWeakless,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Ewhich features two main characters named respectively The Blind One and The Deaf One. Games for children 7+ included\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EOvercooked,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Ewhich includes a chef in a wheelchair in its roster;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EMoss\u003C\/em\u003E, a\u0026nbsp;VR game\u0026nbsp;with the deaf protagonist Quilll; and\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EEther One,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Ewhich follows Jean\u0026#39;s journey into dementia.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In the book, Madej focuses on how children\u2019s perception of disability is established and maintained or altered through playing video games in which characters with "}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2022-03-09 18:23:10","changed_gmt":"2022-03-09 18:23:10","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"656154":{"id":"656154","type":"image","title":"Krystina Madej","body":null,"created":"1646849466","gmt_created":"2022-03-09 18:11:06","changed":"1646849466","gmt_changed":"2022-03-09 18:11:06","alt":"","file":{"fid":"248746","name":"Madej Co-Authors Book on Disabilities in Video Games mp edits[58].png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Madej%20Co-Authors%20Book%20on%20Disabilities%20in%20Video%20Games%20mp%20edits%5B58%5D.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Madej%20Co-Authors%20Book%20on%20Disabilities%20in%20Video%20Games%20mp%20edits%5B58%5D.png","mime":"image\/png","size":451769,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Madej%20Co-Authors%20Book%20on%20Disabilities%20in%20Video%20Games%20mp%20edits%5B58%5D.png?itok=e-Eodoa-"}}},"media_ids":["656154"],"groups":[{"id":"648414","name":"_OLD: Ivan Allen College \u0022The Buzz\u0022"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2449","name":"video games"},{"id":"242","name":"disabilities"},{"id":"185697","name":"DEI"},{"id":"190135","name":"krystina madej"},{"id":"183166","name":"representation"},{"id":"190137","name":"fragile avatars"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECassidy Chreene Whittle\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCommunications Officer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSchool of Literature, Media, and Communication | School of Modern Languages\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:cwhittle9@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecwhittle9@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}