Gender Differences in Video Game Characters’ Roles, Appearances, and Attire as Portrayed in Video Game Magazines

By Monica K. Miller, A. Summers. 2007

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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The Effects of the Sexualization of Female Video Game Characters on Gender Stereotyping and Female Self-Concept (2009, background): “In terms of the characterization of women in video games, content analytic research indicates that females are vastly underrepresented in popular video games and are often hypersexualized when depicted (Beasley and Standley 2002; Dietz 1998; Glaubke et al. 2001; Ivory 2006; Miller and Summers 2007 ”
Can Evidence Impact Attitudes? Public Reactions to Evidence of Gender Bias in STEM Fields (2015, methodology): “In keeping with extensive previous qualitative research involving the thematic analysis of messages (Ibroscheva, 2007; Miller & Summers, 2007; Neuendorf, 2011; Testa et al., 2011), existing research was utilized primarily to provide a theoretical rationale for undertaking the current analysis (as…”
Content Analysis—A Methodological Primer for Gender Research (2011, background): “One common question is whether codebook instructions should include examples in addition to the carefully worded concept explications (e.g., Miller and Summers 2007).”
Virtual Virgins and Vamps: The Effects of Exposure to Female Characters’ Sexualized Appearance and Gaze in an Immersive Virtual Environment (2009, background): “Recent research has determined that video games mirror traditional media: women are drastically underrepresented (Williams et al. 2009), and when they do appear, it is often a highly gender-stereotypical depiction (Miller and Summers 2007).”
“Putting on” Sexiness: A Content Analysis of the Presence of Sexualizing Characteristics in Girls’ Clothing (2011, background): “For instance, one study simply asked coders to rate clothing worn by female video game characters in terms of its “revealing nature” and “sexiness,” with minimal definition given (Miller and Summers 2007).”
Keeping Abreast of Hypersexuality: A Video Game Character Content Analysis (2010, background): “... the 30-year-old male as one of its primary consumers, can we assume that the video game industry as a whole follows this same pattern of using sex and violence to promote new video games? Does sexual and violent content equate to more marketing dollars in the video game industry? Recent studies ”