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GENDER, MASCULINITY AND VIDEO GAMING IBD

PALGRAVE PIVOT
12 / 2019
9783030282615
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Sinopsis

âÇïThis book examines gender attitudes in RedditâÇÖs popular video gaming communityásubreddit, r/gaming. Video gaming has long been understood as a masculinised socialáspace and, while increasing numbers of girls and women now engage in the pastime,áboys and men remain the predominant social actors. Furthermore, the gamingácommunity has been widely identified as a prime case study in broader concernsáaround âÇÖtoxicâÇÖ masculinity and gendered online harassment. However, there is alsoáunderexamined evidence of a growing movement in the community coming forwardáto voice its collective opposition. Utilising an innovative combination of computationaláand qualitative methods, the research undertaken here exposes this fuller picture,árevealing significant contestation and a spectrum of attitudes that mark out thisápopular gaming community as a battleground for gender (in)equality. Students andáscholars across a range of disciplines, including gender studies, media studies, culturalástudies, sociology, games studies and computer sciences, will find this book of interest.