A £4.5m Game Like No Other... Adele's Team Tackles Tough Issue of Domestic Violence by Creating New Computer 'Prosocial' Game

Adele Jones
Daniel Boduszek

School of Human and Health Sciences

Press/Media: Research

Description

A team at the University of Huddersfield have been given a multi-million pound grant ... to devise a computer game.

But this is no ordinary game as the £4.5 million is to develop computer games that aim to reduce domestic violence by raising awareness and altering attitudes among young people.

Period	25 Jul 2017 → 26 Oct 2018

Media coverage

Title	Can a video game prevent domestic violence?
Degree of recognition	International
Media name/outlet	gamesindustry.biz
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	26/10/18
Description	One area has yet to be tackled effectively, that is people's attitudes towards both the abuse and the views of gender inequality that contribute to it.
URL	https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-10-26-can-a-video-game-prevent-domestic-violence
Persons	Adele Jones, Daniel Boduszek

Title	Pupils given video games to cut violence
Degree of recognition	National
Media name/outlet	The Sunday Telegraph
Media type	Print
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	16/09/18
Description	Video games are to be introduced into UK schools as they can help reduce violence in young people.
URL	https://huddersfield.box.com/s/ij9dhvndu4kgu30qmqn2t3luz156jhg4
Persons	Adele Jones, Daniel Boduszek

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Media contributions

Title	A £4.5m game like no other...; Adele's Team Tackles Tough Issue of Domestic Violence by Creating New Computer 'Prosocial' Game
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	25/07/17
URL	www.examiner.co.uk/news/university-huddersfield-gets-45m-grant-13376845
Persons	Adele Jones

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