Level up your money game - Additional grant

Level up your money game will examine children and young people's ‘money games’ in the intersection between gaming and new financial platforms, and what it means for their economic socialisation. Children and young people are introduced to ‘money games’ through the virtual economies of computer games, the online markets that emerge around computer games, and new financial platforms that use gamification to attract young customer segments. These money games overlap in children and young people's digital media use, such as when 'gaming influencers' recommend market sites or when 'finfluencers' offer courses in crypto and finance. The project will investigate 1) how children and young people participate in ‘money games’ and what it means for their economic socialisation, 2) the influencers who set up these ‘money games’ and what economic values and worldviews they convey and 3) how platforms enable and profit from ‘money games’.