Liesbet van Zoonen. Entertaining the citizen

University of Groningen Necrotizing enterocolitis: the quest for biomarkers van Zoonen, Gezina

University of Groningen Necrotizing enterocolitis: the quest for biomarkers van Zoonen, Gezina

Making Guides Entertaining

This paper describes Viktoria, an entertaining interactive guide on the Web that informs visitors about the Viktoria Research Institute. By applying the models of communication used in the well-known Eliza program, it expresses emotional states and communicates by using natural language. It has enhanced functionality compared to Eliza in that it has the ability to associate and remember the sub...

Kansei Games: Entertaining Emotions

We introduce and describe the concept of Kansei Game as the implementation of Kansei Mediated Entertainment. In our current approach we translate the classical Zen story of ten Ox herding pictures into a game. We describe the features of such a game and we propose some guidelines for its design and development.

The Entertaining Way to Behavioral Change∗

We test the effectiveness of an entertainment education TV series, MTV Shuga, aimed at providing information and changing attitudes and behaviors related to HIV/AIDS. Using a simple model we show that “edutainment”can work through an “information”or through a “conformity”channel. We conducted a randomized controlled trial in urban Nigeria where young viewers were exposed to Shuga or to a non-ed...