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"Knock it off" Shows and Writers Still Perpetuating Negative RPG Gamer Stereotypes, Even in Webisodes
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Hawke Robinson
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Jun 20, 2015
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As Mike Rugnetta, host of the PBS Idea Channel, said to the writers of Big Bang Theory, that keep perpetuating all the negative stereotypes about role-playing gamers, "Knock it off." A challenge to writers to try something different.
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1988 - April - An investigation into the value of fantasy role-playing games as a strategy in developing children's creative writing.
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Hawke Robinson
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Jan 24, 2013
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Discipline: Education / Formal Classroom Setting,
rpg for education,
TODO,
Effects of RPG,
Material to read
Hall, Alex (1988, April). An investigation into the value of fantasy role-playing games as a strategy in developing children's creative writing. University of Nottingham paper on a classroom study. Gamers had a marked increase in writing ability, vocabulary, structural organization, and socialization over control group. 11 pages.
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1989 - Relationship between game playing and personality
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RPG Research Admin
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Jan 25, 2011
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Carroll, James L. and Carolin, Paul M. (1989, June). Relationship between game playing and personality. Psychological Reports, part 1, 705-706. Simón replicated in Central Michigan University study comparing gamers to non-gamers. 2 small pages.
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1990 - Alienation and the game Dungeons and Dragons
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Hawke Robinson
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Jan 23, 2011
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Aspect: Meaning / Meaninglessness,
Potential RPG Research Question,
Effects of RPG,
Discipline: Psychology,
research,
stereotype(s) disproved,
Peer Reviewed,
stereotype propagation,
TODO,
Archive,
Material to read,
causal study(ies)
DeRenard, Lisa A. and Kline, Linda Mannik (1990). Alienation and the game Dungeons and Dragons. Psychological Reports, 66, 1219-1222. This study examined differences in feelings of alienation between 35 active players and 35 nonplayers. Gamers diverge from peer-culture in mass media awareness, but not in more significant aspects. 4 small pages.
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1991 - RELATIONSHIP OF ROLE-PLAYING GAMES TO SELF-REPORTED CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR
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admin
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Jun 13, 2018
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Peer Reviewed: Unconfirmed,
Discipline: Psychology,
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SUZANNE ABYETA AND JAMES FOREST. University of Manitoba. Psychological Reports, 1991, 69, 1187-1192. O Psychological Reports 1991
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1991 - Relationship of role-playing games to self-reported criminal behaviour.
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Hawke Robinson
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Apr 17, 2012
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Abyeta, Suzanne and Forest, James (1991, December). Gamers are lower in criminal tendencies than rest of population.
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1994 - Role-playing and dyslexia
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Hawke Robinson
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Jan 24, 2013
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Disabilities,
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Effects of RPG
Malcolm, Andrew P. (1994). Role-playing and dyslexia. Interactive Fantasy (2), 109-112. Using the learning possible in RPG to circumvent dyslexia. 4 small pages.
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1995 - Foreign language education and role-playing games
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Hawke Robinson
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Jan 24, 2013
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Language learning,
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rpg for education,
TODO,
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Phillips, Brian David (1995). Foreign language education and role-playing games. Interactive Fantasy (3), 96-103. Using role-playing games in the subject language to teach that language. 8 small pages.
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2001 - CAR-PGa Two surveys
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Hawke Robinson
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Apr 17, 2012
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TODO,
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CAR-PGa (2001). Two surveys. Bonham, TX: author. The first is a 3-page questionnaire for Role-Playing Games as an Academic Subject (an ongoing project), to get RPG accepted as a valid part of contemporary culture studies on the college level. The second is a sociological survey of female gamers. 4 pages.
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2015 - Empathic Features and Absorption in Fantasy Role-Playing
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Administrator
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May 29, 2016
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Computer gaming/gamers tabletop RPG Dungeons & Dragons - D&D,
Discipline: Psychology,
Discipline: Hypnosis,
empathy,
Aspect: Empathy,
Peer Reviewed,
absorption,
Computer Gaming,
hypnosis,
research,
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Rivers A1, Wickramasekera IE 2nd2, Pekala RJ3, Rivers JA4. Am J Clin Hypn. 2016 Jan;58(3):286-94. doi: 10.1080/00029157.2015.1103696.
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