Measuring morality in videogames research

Malcolm Ryan; Paul Formosa; Stephanie Howarth; Dan Staines

doi:10.1007/s10676-019-09515-0

Measuring morality in videogames research

Malcolm Ryan, Paul Formosa, Stephanie Howarth, Dan Staines

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Abstract

There has been a recent surge of research interest in videogames of moral engagement for entertainment, advocacy and education. We have seen a wealth of analysis and several theoretical models proposed, but experimental evaluation has been scarce. One of the difficulties lies in the measurement of moral engagement. How do we meaningfully measure whether players are engaging with and affected by the moral choices in the games they play? In this paper, we survey the various standard psychometric instruments from the moral psychology literature and discuss how they might be applied in the evaluation of games.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	55-68
Number of pages	14
Journal	Ethics and Information Technology
Volume	22
Issue number	1
Early online date	10 Oct 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-019-09515-0
Publication status	Published - Mar 2020

Keywords

Ethics
Moral psychology
Psychometric testing
Videogame design

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