Gotta Catch ’Em All! Communicating Entomology with Pokémon

Authors

Rebecca Ann Schmidt-Jeffris, Clemson University
Joshua Charles Nelson-Ichido, Central Washington UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Department or Administrative Unit

Communication

Publication Date

Fall 2018

Abstract

In 2012, an article was published in American Entomologist regarding the influence of rhinoceros beetles on Akihabara culture (Hoshina and Takada 2012). However, one critical game was missing from their discussion: Pokémon. With the advent of Pokémon GO, an augmented reality-based cell phone app released in the U.S. on 6 July 2016, the Pokémon craze is once again in the limelight, and this presents a unique opportunity for entomologists and science educators to increase student interest in natural history.

Comments

This article was originally published in American Entomologist. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.

Due to copyright restrictions, this article is not available for free download from ScholarWorks @ CWU.

Recommended Citation

Schmidt-Jeffris, R. A., & Nelson, J. C. (2018). Gotta Catch ’Em All! Communicating Entomology with Pokémon. American Entomologist, 64(3), 159–164. https://doi.org/10.1093/ae/tmy048

Journal

American Entomologist

Rights

Copyright © 2018, Oxford University Press