Perotta, C, Bailey, C, Ryder, J orcid.org/0000-0002-2741-0152 et al. (2 more authors) (2020) Games as (Not) Culture: A Critical Policy Analysis of the Economic Agenda of Horizon 2020. Games and Culture, 15 (8). pp. 902-922. ISSN 1555-4120
Abstract
This article presents a critical examination of European policy in relation to gamification. We begin by describing how gamification “traveled” as an idea, evolving from controversial yet persuasive buzzword to legitimate policy priority. We then focus on how gamification was represented in Horizon 2020: the flagship European Research & Development program from 2014 to 2020, worth nearly €80 billion of funding. The article argues that the ethically problematic aspects of gamification were removed through a process of policy capture that involved its assimilation in an established European network of research and small and medium enterprise (SME) actors. This process of “ethical neutering” is also observable in the actual funding calls, where the problematic assumptions of gamification around agency and manipulation are made invisible through a superficial commitment to vague and ill-defined criteria of responsible research and innovation.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2019. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Games and Culture. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. |
Keywords: | gaming; gamification; ethics; discourse analysis; policy analysis; mobilities; Horizon 2020; responsible research and innovation |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Education (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EU - European Union 732332 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 28 Jun 2019 10:02 |
Last Modified: | 14 Dec 2020 15:51 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1555412019853899 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:147913 |