Dilemma game
2-3 hours
http://ddem.dk/master/#/game/GsEn/s/57875444
This is an interactive dilemma game called “The most important story”, developed by the danish organisation “Dilemma Democracy” with the help from Constructive Institute and the Danish Folk Highschools. The students are presented for four jorunalistic dilemmas in short videos, and can vote trough their phones. The first round tackles the dilemma of what stories to cover when being a foriegn correspondent. The second round tackles the dilemma of which pictures to use when illustrating a dramatic story. The third round dives into the dilemma of how to angle stories on major developments. The fourth and final round dives into the dilemma of whether or not a media should or shouldn’t be activist in order to stay relevant today.
A good way to play the ganes, is to devide students into groups of five each being a media outlet or small editorial board. After each dilemma the students vote individually, but then have to agree on what they would choose at their “media”. This discussion can last for 10-15 minutes for each dilemma. Afterwards a discussion in class, where each group present their descission.
The purpose is to make the students reflect on the choices journalists face every day and their own journalistic compass, and to get an understanding of the some of the mechanisms constructive jorunalism is trying to tackle.