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Empathy Up

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Marcel Neuenhaus,

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CHI EA '17: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3027063.3049276

Published: 06 May 2017 Publication History

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Nowadays, Syrian refugees are facing major challenges to mingle with the social life of German society. The purpose of this on-going study is to create support and increase empathy of German youths towards Syrian refugees with the developed concept called "Empathy- Up" (EMP-UP). The concept aims at levelling the playing field for them through a mobile game. The research done has shown two main critical problems faced by refugees (Syrian): (1) they do not get in contact with locals (Germans), and (2) they feel that Germans do not want to interact with them or accept them in their society.

The study shows that when combining a geo-location based mobile game that addresses cultural differences within the game scenario, it's more likely to connect players emotionally with these different cultures. This resulted in minimizing prejudices by locals, increasing their willingness to get to know refugees, and making the first contact with a refugee simpler and more positive. The empathy is created during the game while players are going through the story scenario and when the game ends, both players (locals and refugees) surprisingly meet face-to-face in reality.

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Empathy Up
1. Information systems
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    1. Multimedia information systems

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CHI EA '17: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

May 2017

3954 pages

ISBN:9781450346566

DOI:10.1145/3027063

General Chairs:
Gloria Mark
University of California Irvine
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Cornell University
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University of Michigan
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University of Southampton
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Juan Pablo Hourcade
University of Iowa
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Caroline Appert
Université Paris-Sud
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Daniel Wigdor
University of Toronto

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