Video Game Characters and the Socialization of Gender Roles: Young People’s Perceptions Mirror Sexist Media Depictions

By Karen E. Dill, Kathryn P. Thill. 2007

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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What is a True Gamer? The Male Gamer Stereotype and the Marginalization of Women in Video Game Culture (2017, background): “…in current video games may indicate that the target audience is assumed to consist mostly of young men (Behm-Morawitz & Mastro, 2009; Burgess et al., 2007; Dill & Thill, 2007; Downs & Smith, 2010; Martins et al., 2009; Ogletree & Drake, 2007; Soukup, 2007; Williams, Martins, et al., 2009).”
Effects of exposure to sex-stereotyped video game characters on tolerance of sexual harassment (2008, methodology): “Female video game characters are consistently shown as beautiful, busty, scantily clad sex objects (Burgess et al., 2007; Dill & Thill, 2007; Scharrer, 2004).”
Depictions of Gender on Primetime Television: A Quantitative Content Analysis (2017, background): “Previous studies have concluded that patterns of hypermasculinity and femininity are prevalent in media content (Dill & Thill, 2007).”
Virtual Virgins and Vamps: The Effects of Exposure to Female Characters’ Sexualized Appearance and Gaze in an Immersive Virtual Environment (2009, background): “…are more likely than male characters to be portrayed in a sexualized manner in video game advertisements (Scharrer 2004), gaming magazines (Dill and Thill 2007; Miller and Summers 2007), online reviews (Ivory 2006), game covers (Burgess et al. 2007) and in the games themselves (Beasley…”
Playing With Prejudice: The Prevalence and Consequences of Racial Stereotypes in Video Games (2011, methodology): “Subsequently, unrelated Black men will trigger this association, which can, in turn, provoke increased aggression and hostility. It is important to note that the stereotypical images of Black video game characters are not even real people, but they can still provide fodder for negative social judgme”