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Enhancing User Participation in Cultural Heritage through Serious Games: Combining Perspectives from the Experience Economy and SOR Theory
by
Ru Zhang
Ru Zhang
,
Qianghong Huang
Qianghong Huang ,
Jiacheng Luo
Jiacheng Luo ,
Junping Xu
Junping Xu
and
Younghwan Pan
Younghwan Pan *
Department of Smart Experience Design, Graduate School of Techno Design, Kookmin University, Seoul 02707, Republic of Korea
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sustainability 2024, 16(17), 7608; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16177608 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 30 July 2024
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Revised: 24 August 2024
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Accepted: 29 August 2024
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Published: 2 September 2024
Abstract
The dissemination and preservation of cultural heritage has attracted much attention globally, and serious games play an important role in cultural heritage dissemination and preservation; however, it is not clear which experiences of serious games are effective in increasing people’s attention to cultural heritage. This study combines the experience economy and stimulus–organism–response (SOR) theory to construct a theoretical model to explore which experiences of serious games influence users’ behavioral intention to care about cultural heritage. We surveyed 302 users who experienced serious games and analyzed the data and measurement model using SPSS 27 and partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The results showed that the four experiences of serious games (educational, entertaining, escapist, and esthetic) had a significant effect on users’ perceived value and memory and that perceived value and memory significantly influenced users’ participation. In addition, this study found that the entertainment experience was not only a key factor influencing perceived value and memory, but also the most significant factor directly affecting user participation. This finding provides specific recommendations for game developers and cultural heritage organizations to enhance user engagement. Enhancing the four experience dimensions and strengthening users’ perceived value and memory can effectively encourage users to pay attention to cultural heritage through serious games and contribute to the preservation and sustainable development of cultural heritage.
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Zhang, R.; Huang, Q.; Luo, J.; Xu, J.; Pan, Y.
Enhancing User Participation in Cultural Heritage through Serious Games: Combining Perspectives from the Experience Economy and SOR Theory. Sustainability 2024, 16, 7608.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su16177608
AMA Style
Zhang R, Huang Q, Luo J, Xu J, Pan Y.
Enhancing User Participation in Cultural Heritage through Serious Games: Combining Perspectives from the Experience Economy and SOR Theory. Sustainability. 2024; 16(17):7608.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su16177608
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Zhang, Ru, Qianghong Huang, Jiacheng Luo, Junping Xu, and Younghwan Pan.
2024. "Enhancing User Participation in Cultural Heritage through Serious Games: Combining Perspectives from the Experience Economy and SOR Theory" Sustainability 16, no. 17: 7608.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su16177608
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