Contexts, gaming pleasures, and gendered preferences

In this article, the author explores computer gaming preferences of girls through observations of a games club at an all-girl state school in the United Kingdom. The author argues that gaming tastes are alterable and site specific. Gaming preferences certainly relate to the attributes of particular...

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Published in:Simulation & gaming 2005-12, Vol.36 (4), p.464-482
Main Author: Carr, Diane
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Language:English
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Adolescents
Computer & video games
Computer Use
Computers
Cultural Context
Culture
Digital technology
Education
Females
Foreign Countries
Games
Gender
Gender Differences
Gender differentiation
Girls
Influences
Interviews
Observation
Peer groups
Peer Relationship
Peers
Preferences
Questionnaires
Schools
Single Sex Schools
Social research
State Schools
Student Attitudes
Student Motivation
Students
Studies
United Kingdom
Urban Schools
Youth Clubs
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Computer & video games
Computer Use
Computers
Cultural Context
Culture
Digital technology
Education
Females
Foreign Countries
Games
Gender
Gender Differences
Gender differentiation
Girls
Influences
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Peer Relationship
Peers
Preferences
Questionnaires
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Social research
State Schools
Student Attitudes
Student Motivation
Students
Studies
United Kingdom
Urban Schools
Youth Clubs
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