Working in the Digital Age

What it is about

You deal with ethical questions in computer games and investigate how such content can influence players. In the end you can recognize ethical problems in games, contextualize them with psychological literature, and assess the findings for economic-scientific questions.

What you will be able to do

• Identify and contextualize ethical problems in games
• Understand relevant psychological theories and apply them to gaming problems
• Identify ethical and unethical elements in games and recognize them again in an economic-scientific context
• Evaluate games against the backdrop of current scientific evidence
• Familiarize yourself with scientific works on ethics, psychology and game analysis
• Develop solutions for ethical problems in games and apply them to economic-scientific cases

What the module consists of

• VorlesungsmethodenConveying central theories and approaches to ethical aspects in games
• EinzelarbeitDeepening of knowledge and elaboration of own analyses
• GruppenarbeitComparison, evaluation and application of content in teamwork

Teaching method

• VorlesungIntroduction to central theories and connections
• EinzelarbeitApplication and deepening of learned material through own elaborations
• GruppenarbeitJoint comparison, evaluation and application of content