Playing With Prejudice: The Prevalence and Consequences of Racial Stereotypes in Video Games

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Sexy, Strong, and Secondary: A Content Analysis of Female Characters in Video Games across 31 Years (2016, background): “We reasoned that examining dynamic play—rather than static box art (Burgess, Dill, Stermer, Burgess, & Brown, 2011) or less interactive opening cinematics (Jansz & Martis, 2007)—in a game world might offer insights on character design.”
Dose-Dependent Media Priming Effects of Stereotypic Newspaper Articles on Implicit and Explicit Stereotypes (2013, background): “In addition, some studies were only able to document an effect on the implicit, but not on the explicit measure (i.e., implicit–explicit dissociation: Brown Givens & Monahan, 2005; Burgess et al., 2011).”
Avatars and computer-mediated communication: a review of the definitions, uses, and effects of digital representations (2018, background): “Finally, as illustrated by studies suggesting that embodying Black avatars entrenched racial stereotypes for some White participants (Burgess et al., 2011; Groom et al., 2009), researchers should consider and attempt to illuminate both the intended and unintended effects of avatars (Cho & Salmon,…”