Computer games, trust, and immediacy: Role-playing as immigrants in the South

• Published in: Computers in human behavior Vol. 140; p. 107571
• Main Authors: Bouchillon, Brandon C., Stewart, Patrick A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2023
• Subjects: Games-based learning; Immediacy; Immigration; Role-playing; Trust; Immediacy; Immigration; Role-playing; Games-based learning; Trust

Trust in racial and ethnic diversity has been decreasing in America for the better part of a century. The present study replicated a games-based approach to establishing trust in immigrants during COVID-19. Students in an online American National Government class created a fictional persona from eit...