Social Change Technology

SCT #12: The Ethics of ARGs


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The podcast focuses on some of the fascinating ethical and legal issues brought about by ARGs (Alternate Reality Games). What makes ARGs unique is that they are played out in the physical world but they inhabit a conceptual spaces that not only sits somewhere between fiction and reality but actively blurs the boundaries between the two. In the podcast Andrea draws on case studies of actual ARGs to ask - can you sign a friend up for a game that might make them feel threatened? Should players every be asked to break real-world rules, if so, which ones? And, if you listen to your lawyers and have to add a legal disclaimer to everything – is the fiction shattered, ruining the game for everyone?
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Social Change TechnologyBy the Virtual Policy Network