Newsgames: The Use of Digital Games by Mass-Media Outlets to Convey Journalistic Messages

@article{GmezGarca2023NewsgamesTU,
  title={Newsgames: The Use of Digital Games by Mass-Media Outlets to Convey Journalistic Messages},
  author={Salvador G{\'o}mez-Garc{\'i}a and Teresa de la Hera Conde-Pumpido},
  journal={Games and Culture},
  year={2023},
  volume={18},
  pages={449 - 474},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:258568580}
}
This study explores the way mass- media outlets make use of digital games to convey journalistic messages to give an answer to the following research question: How are journalistic messages structured within newsgames published by online mass-media outlets?
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