What are the impacts of playing video games on adults and young people? How does the length of time spent gaming and the type of gaming content affect overall wellbeing and economic performance? How do interactions with other players/individuals in online gaming environments affect wellbeing? A video games research framework is being developed that will set out a comprehensive set of research questions.

Background

There is also a need to understand the level and type of innovation and R&D activity undertaken by creative businesses, and the impacts this has on growth, trade and societal benefits. We are also interested in how the creative industries are adapting business models and navigating new markets, as well as how these changes affect audiences. MCI wants to better understand the values and future values of the CIs including economic output but beyond this to consider societal delivery, soft power and net zero.

Next steps

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