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Cognitive Science, Belief, and Interactive Media as a Distribution Platform
for Experiences that Enhance Human Development
Cognitive Science, Belief, and Interactive Media as a Distribution Platform
for Experiences that Enhance Human Development
By:
Clarissa Joan Middleton
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC SCHOOL OF CINEMATIC ARTS
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTERS OF FINE ARTS
(INTERACTIVE MEDIA AND GAMES)
May 2019
Copyright 2019 Clarissa Joan Middleton
Object Description
| Title | Cognitive science, belief, and interactive media as a distribution platform for experiences that enhance human development |
| Author | Middleton, Clarissa Joan |
| Author email | cmiddlet@usc.edu;clarissajoan@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Fine Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Interactive Media |
| School | School of Cinematic Arts |
| Date defended/completed | 2019-05-08 |
| Date submitted | 2019-04-25 |
| Date approved | 2019-04-28 |
| Restricted until | 2019-04-28 |
| Date published | 2019-04-28 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Wixon, Dennis |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Fullerton, Tracy Watson, Jeff |
| Abstract | The intention of this thesis paper is to review cognitive science, belief, and interactive media as a distribution platform for experiences that enhance human development. It will specifically review research that supported the design concepts, articles of documentation, the pre-production, and the production process for my thesis project, The Being Academy. This work explores what it means to live a good life by comparing the Human Development Index Model to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and then to a new framework The Five Pillars of Being developed through my cross-disciplinary research on cognitive science, belief as it relates to spiritual formation, and interactive media and play as distribution platforms for behavioral health interventions. The Being Academy thesis project and the True Stories visual meditation application will be discussed as it relates to how they can contribute to enhancing human development through the distribution of affect-regulation interventions, spiritual development coursework, and transformational leadership training. This paper is a curation of exploration, research, and media production spanning the course of 10 years. It is my hope that sharing the documentation of my process to designing a life that I love and to discovering a purpose/vocation in alignment with my heart’s rhythm, I will inspire others to work towards the same ways of being and existing in this world. |
| Keyword | affect-regulation; The Being Academy; Brain Architecture Game; Christianity; cognitive science; Dallas Willard; executive function; Five Pillars of Being; Human Development Index; interactive media; neuroplasticity; spiritual formation; Clarissa Joan Middleton; empathetic design; Innertainment; True Stories |
| Language | English |
| Format (imt) | application/pdf |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Middleton, Clarissa Joan |
| Physical access | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-MiddletonC-7314.pdf |
| Archival file | Volume10/etd-MiddletonC-7314.pdf |
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| Full text | Cognitive Science, Belief, and Interactive Media as a Distribution Platform for Experiences that Enhance Human Development Cognitive Science, Belief, and Interactive Media as a Distribution Platform for Experiences that Enhance Human Development By: Clarissa Joan Middleton A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC SCHOOL OF CINEMATIC ARTS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTERS OF FINE ARTS (INTERACTIVE MEDIA AND GAMES) May 2019 Copyright 2019 Clarissa Joan Middleton |
