The Social Discourse of Video Games Analysis Model and Case Study

Latorre, Óliver Pérez

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“…Much of this diversity is due to the complexity by which video games are composed that involve from the technologies employed in development the platforms that will run the game, as well as developers, players and advertising, thus allowing the studies on games explore different perspectives. Because they are a consolidated and still expanding media, according to Pérez Latorre [7] a type of study that the games provide, but that is still challenging at the methodological level, is the analysis of the discourse of video games due to complexity as media.…”

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“…According to Pérez Latorre [7] cultural studies have also contributed greatly to the development of studies on video games mainly in areas such as the transmission of ideological values; gender discourses; strengthening or deviating from social stereotypes; and issues of race, multiculturalism and immigration. In turn, Dill and Thill [8] highlight the games as socialization agents mainly among young people who are the largest consumer audience.…”

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Women Representativity in Games

Bristot

Pozzebon²,

Canal³

et al. 2020

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This article aims to discuss lack of representativeness in female video game characters. This article is also continuity of the study "The Representation of Women in Games" published in the biennial "XVI Brazilian Symposium on Games and Digital Entertainment" now bringing an analysis of twelve female characters. By analyzing some characters, it was possible to show the stereotypes impregnated by the female figure and how much the reflection of this cause leads to the lack of female representativeness in video games. It was also possible to present characters that come out of the patterns of representation, showing that it is possible to have diversity and representativeness in video games. ResumoO presente artigo tem o intuito discutir falta de representatividade em personagens femininas de vídeo game. Este artigo também é continuidade do estudo "A Representatividade das Mulheres nos Games" publicado nos anais "XVI Simpósio Brasileiro de Jogos e entretenimento Digital" trazendo agora uma análise de doze personagens femininas. Ao analisar algumas personagens ficou possível mostrar os estereótipos impregnados a figura feminina e o quanto o reflexo dessa causa leva a falta de representatividade feminina nos videogames. Também foi possível apresentar personagens que saem dos padrões de representação, mostrando que é possível haver diversidade e representatividade nos videogames.Palavras-chave: game, mulheres, representatividade.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

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Women Representativity in Games

Bristot

Pozzebon²,

Canal³

et al. 2020

CLEIej

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“…Maloney goes on to argue that games with a more open-world narrative see this in a more 'fractured' way, which feeds into Saklofske's (2007) contribution that draws attention to decentralised media spaces, and their varying enablement of player agency and responsibility. Further to this, Latorre (2015), argues that the 'ludic design' of the games themselves and the social discourses that they privilege can influence player agency, and the messages we take from play.…”

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The reification of structural violence in video games

Denham

Hirschler

Spokes

2019

Crime, Media, Culture

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The Grand Theft Auto franchise features prominently within existing research exploring graphic, virtual, lawless, and damagingly realistic interpersonal violence within video games. Following a review of this literature, we empirically interrogate notions of the ‘realistic’ and the ‘violent’ during gameplay, finding that the undertones of systemic, structural, capitalistic violence are experienced by players as providing the gritty sense of the ‘real’ that the game has been criticised for. Using Galtung’s concept of ‘structural violence’ and Žižek’s notion of the ‘real’, we unpack structural violence as the forerunning violent experience in the open world game. Due to the hidden and subdued nature of this violence, often taken for granted and experienced passively, we argue that it is the most impactful player experience that simultaneously makes the game playable and contextualises violent game activities. For cultural criminology, our data suggest that embedded and discrete forms of violence should be the leading edge of concern when studying the digital economy and playable forms of social harm.

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“…Essentially, providing players with immersion influences the social construction of reality of players. Although interaction in the game may not be considered real and may not have consequences in the physical world, the actions in which players are involved engage parts of the human consciousness and, therefore, the choices and consequences are often experienced as real for the players (Berger and Luckmann 1991;Alvesson and Sköldberg 2012;Latorre 2015).…”

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Online Gamers, Lived Experiences, and Sense of Belonging: Students at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein

Pietersen

Coetzee²,

Byczkowska-Owczarek

et al. 2019

QSR

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Individuals who partake in video games are often regarded with prejudice. It is an activity that is perceived to be mainly related to senseless leisure and teenage entertainment. However, many diverse people make video games such an important part of their lives that they become passionately engaged in it. Video games and online video gaming offer the player immersive experiences unlike any other forms of media. A phenomenological and interpretive exploration is undertaken in order to gain a deeper understanding of the narratives of online gamers and their experiences of a sense of belonging to the associated online communities. Through the use of in-depth interviews, the article explores various aspects of the life stories of a group of eight South African university students. It attempts to show how online gaming has become a part of their lifeworlds. The aim of this article is to present the narratives of online gamers as rich and descriptive accounts that maintain the voices of the participants. Various aspects of the lifeworlds of online gamers are explored. Firstly, an exploration is undertaken to gain an understanding of what it means to be a gamer. It focuses on how a person can become involved with gaming and how it can evolve into something that a person is engaged with on a daily basis. Secondly, it explores how video games influence the perception of reality of gamers. Immersion in video games can transfer a player into an alternative reality and can take the focus away from the real world. This can lead to feelings of joy and excitement, but can also lead to escapism. Lastly, the article shifts attention towards how online video gamers experience online communities. Players can have positive experiences with random strangers online, but because of the anonymous nature of the online environment, it can also lead to negative and isolating experiences.

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The Social Discourse of Video Games Analysis Model and Case Study

Cited by 27 publications

References 21 publications

Women Representativity in Games

Women Representativity in Games

The reification of structural violence in video games

Online Gamers, Lived Experiences, and Sense of Belonging: Students at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein

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