Geek or Chic? Emerging Stereotypes of Online Gamers

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What is a True Gamer? The Male Gamer Stereotype and the Marginalization of Women in Video Game Culture (2017, methodology): “Kowert et al. (2012) found that selfidentified gamers were aware that the gamer stereotype described them as unpopular , unattractive, idle, and asocial, but they found the stereotype more inaccurate than did non-gamers.”
Sexy, Strong, and Secondary: A Content Analysis of Female Characters in Video Games across 31 Years (2016, background): “The industry markets this genre, along with action and shooter games, toward a primarily male consumer market (Kowert, Griffiths, & Oldmeadow, 2012).”
Working towards an international consensus on criteria for assessing internet gaming disorder: a critical commentary on Petry et al. (2014) (2016, unknown): “Societal perceptions of gaming have historically not been favourable, and it is still considered a ‘lesser’ hobby today that holds many negative stereotypes about such individuals [40,41], an attitude that some authors of the present paper are working to change.”