Player's manual:massMedia



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*** for player ***

The actor of "mass media" has a peculiar character that
it plays 2
types of roles; one is a role of real newspaper, the other
is a roleof
imaginary actor which represents a function of mass media.
This is very complicated, but please do your best !

*** information on the actor you play ***

The mass media, a imaginary actor, is expected to play
the following roles;
1) public information activity:
 tell an occurrence of event to every actors
 2) carrying reports based on gathering news materials

*** aim of the actor you play ***

*** most important events for the actor you play ***

*** initial condition of the actor you play ***

A local newspaper.
Mass media gets many but not all the information, but
sometimes gets informastions not open to the public of a
certain probability.

*** relationship with other actors ***

Especially not.

*** alternatives ***

When you get an information to be reported, you have to
decide  whether you should report it or not. To support your
decision, this gaming-supporting system has a device of
"value map", showing your set of value.
*this "value map" system is now being given a trial.

-- how to set the "value map" --
This new gaming system has "value map". Please set the
map at first of the gaming. The value map expresses mass
media's "news value".
When some event takes place, the value map represents
how much the mass media takes a certain criteria into
consideration. Now you have 5 criteria;
 1)  how serious, how shocking, and how large-scale?
 2)  whether continuous or not?
 3)  how strange, how opponent, and how  projecting?
 4)  whether concerning a person of high position or not?
 5)  whether with story or not?
Please set each lebel of the criteria from 1 to 10,
according to how much you think each criterion important.

When some important events take place, you are requested
to decide whether the news about the events are significant
enough to be reported, referring to the value map.
Of course, you can decide without referring to the value
map. But if you do so, please leave some memoranda of the
reasons you do so.)

*** resources ***

Nothing restrict the mass media's freedom of action, but
sometimes you may be irritaded by too little or too much
information to play as a real newspaper.

*** notice ***

It may happens that you have too much information to
send message manually, so you had better copy and paste
sentences prepared in advance.
Lists of events and manuscripts are put in another
folder.

*** case study ***






Last modified: Fri Dec 4 01:36:51 JST 1998