“Defying Stereotypes Is a Plus”: Classifying Gender, Sex, and Sexuality Content in Visual Materials

Cho, Hyerim; Menking, Amanda

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-43687-2_32

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“…The inclusion of LGBTQ+ characters and relevant plot/narrative has been emphasized not only in game communities but also in other types of entertainment media, such as anime, comic books/ graphic novels, TV shows and films (such as Benshoff & Griffin, 2011;Cho & Menking, 2020). While media studies frequently discuss the need for the representation of the LGBTQ+ community, not many studies have revealed how media users responded to or reviewed the materials that already have LGBTQ+ inclusive characters and narratives.…”

Section: When Identities Influence Game Reviewsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Similar to the efforts made in video game studies, researchers in other media types have also tried to include the same discourses in their domains. For example, Cho and Menking (2020) point out the limits of current organizations and recommendation systems (rating systems, especially) for visual materials in that they cannot appropriately represent diverse gender, sex and sexuality content. In fact, the well-known rating system for TV shows and movies, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), started as a censorship program.…”

Section: Video Games Content and Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Players’ perceptions of sexuality and gender-inclusive video games a pragmatic content analysis of steam reviews

Kohlburn

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Moore

2022

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Med

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Video games reflect the current culture and society. Games stand as points of transmission that reflect cultural trends and social norms, although not comprehensively. While it seems that more games have tried to be inclusive of diverse gender and sexual identities recently, there is still a lack of studies that discuss how real video game players see LGBTQ+ inclusive games. To understand the game players’ perceptions in this regard, this study qualitatively analyzes online video game review postings from Steam, focusing on user reviews of gender and sexuality inclusive games. Based on four gender and sexuality inclusive video games selected, we collected 400 user-generated video game reviews as our dataset. Our findings identified 22 primary themes, including Mood/Emotions, Social/Cultural Importance and Representation. This paper further discusses some of the critical topics discovered, such as identity, conflicts in game communities and representation.

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Section: When Identities Influence Game Reviewsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Video Games Content and Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%