包裹体(矿物)
团结
社会学
独创性
在线社区
特权(计算)
辩证法
在线参与
授权
性别研究
功率(物理)
社会心理学
政治学
心理学
社会科学
政治
万维网
物理
哲学
认识论
互联网
定性研究
法学
量子力学
计算机科学
作者
Rennie Naidoo,Kalley Coleman,Cordelia Guyo
出处
期刊:Information Technology & People
[Emerald (MCB UP)]
日期:2019-08-19
卷期号:33 (2): 576-601
被引量:10
标识
DOI:10.1108/itp-04-2019-0163
摘要
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to adopt a critical relational dialectics framework to identify and explore gender discursive struggles about social inclusion observed in an online gaming community, in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses a technique called contrapuntal analysis to identify and explore competing discourses in over 200 messages on gender struggles about social inclusion posted in the local community’s gamer discussion board, based on seven threads initiated by women gamer activists. Findings The findings show how four interrelated gender discursive struggles about social inclusion and social exclusion animated the meanings of online gamer relations: dominance vs equality, stereotyping vs diversity, competitiveness vs cooperativeness and privilege vs empowerment. Practical implications Game designers should reinforce more accurate and positive stereotypes to cater for the rapidly growing female gamer segment joining the online gaming market and to develop a less chauvinistic and more diversely representative online gaming community. Enlightened gamers should exercise greater solidarity in fighting for gender equality in online gaming communities. Originality/value The critical relational dialectics analysis adopted in this study offers a promising avenue to understand and critique the discursive struggles that arise when online gamers from the different gender groups relate. The findings highlight the unequal discursive power and privilege of many white male gamers when discussing social inclusion. Advancing our understanding of these discursive struggles creates the possibilities for improving social inclusion in online gaming communities.
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