[Commlist] CfP - Prosocial Interactive Digital Narratives 2024

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Prosocial Interactive Digital Narratives - Call for Papers

https://indcor.eu/prosocial-interactive-digital-narratives/ 
<https://indcor.eu/prosocial-interactive-digital-narratives/>

ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good 
(GoodIT)

  4-6 September 2024 - Bremen, Germany

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*** Important Dates ***

Full Paper Submission Deadline: *May 17th, 2024*

Notification of Paper Acceptance: July 8th, 2024
Camera-ready Submission: July 19th, 2024


*** Description ***

Narrative plays a central role in communication, comprehension, 
personality formation and memory of every human being. Interactive 
digital narrative (IDN) adds computational methods to this basic human 
cognitive function. Computational systems provide a range of procedural 
functions which allow it to contain dynamic relationships, show the 
result of many choices and predict particular outcomes. The combination 
of interactive computational with a narrative approach yields IDN which 
have the potential to act as representations of complex topics with 
societal relevance such as global warming and the related energy 
transition, migration, pandemics, global conflicts, but also personal 
aspects such as mental health.

Taking advantage of both the benefits of narrative and of 
computation, prosocial interactive digital narratives aim at 
promoting prosocial behavior by representing complex issues and making 
them better understandable, but also by offering a safe space for 
practicing actions and experiencing consequences before applying them in 
the real world. Developing a deeper and more widespread understanding of 
the ever-growing complexity of today’s world is crucial as a basis 
for prosocial discourse, decision-making and concrete actions.


We invite submissions of research papers, practice-based papers, and 
position papers for the GoodIT Special Track on Prosocial Interactive 
Digital Narratives. We consider all contributions, but we are 
particularly interested in papers that explore the following topics:


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    Designing and evaluating prosocial interactive digital narratives

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    Technical approaches (e.g. planner systems. AI-based characters,
    generative approaches, NLP, XR (VR, AR,MR) technologies, etc.)

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    Conceptual frameworks for understanding prosocial behavior in
    digital narratives

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    The role of emotions, immersion, and identification in
    promoting prosocial behavior through interactive digital narratives

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    Applications of prosocial digital narratives in education, health,
    and social change contexts

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    Ethical issues related to designing and
    implementing prosocial digital narratives

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    Case studies and best practices for creating
    effective prosocial digital narratives


We welcome submissions from scholars, researchers, practitioners, and 
designers working in fields such as computer science, media studies, 
psychology, communication, education, health, and game studies.



*** Submission Guidelines ***

The papers should stay between eight (8) and twelve (12) single-column 
pages, excluding references, in the new ACM format 
<https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/taps-production-workflow>. 
Papers with a length disproportionate to their contribution will likely 
be rejected. Please, check “Submission of Papers 
<https://blogs.uni-bremen.de/goodit2024/submission-of-papers/>” for 
additional details. Accepted papers will be included in the ACM Digital 
Library.



*** Further information ***

https://indcor.eu/prosocial-interactive-digital-narratives-2/ 
<https://indcor.eu/prosocial-interactive-digital-narratives-2/>

Please contact the chairs in case of questions:

Mattia Bellini - (mattia.bellini /at/ ut.ee)

Christian Roth - (christian.roth /at/ hku.nl)
Hartmut Koenitz - (hkoenitz /at/ gmail.com)
Frank Nack - (nack /at/ uva.nl)


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