How gaming became sexist: a study of UK gaming magazines 1981–1995

Computer gaming was not born sexist but was codified as an exclusively male practice as it peeled itself away from the rest of the burgeoning computer culture in the mid-1980s. This article traces the development of gaming’s gender bias through a discourse analysis of gaming magazines published in t...

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Published in:Media, culture & society culture & society, 2017-05, Vol.39 (4), p.453-468
Main Author: Kirkpatrick, Graeme
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Articulation
Bias
Codification
Computer & video games
Computers
Cultural change
Discourse analysis
Enforcement
Frame analysis
gaming culture
Gender
Gender stereotypes
Masculinity
Media, Technology and Culture (MTEC)
Political discourse
Political economy
Sexes
Sexism
Stereotypes
technology and society
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