Perceptions of video gaming careers and its implications on parental mediation

First Monday ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hee Jhee Jiow ◽  
Rayvinder Jit Singh Athwal ◽  
Ling Ling Chew ◽  
Muhammad Helmi Elias ◽  
Nina Lim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Parental Mediation ◽  
Video Gaming ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Media Industry ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
The Media ◽  
Game Industry

Since its advent in the 1970s, the video game industry has superseded its film counterpart, sporting a growth rate quadrupling that of other media and entertainment sectors. In contemporary times, video gaming occupations — namely game designers, professional gamers and YouTubers — have gained prominence, bolstered by the support of the media industry and government agencies. Yet, little remains known about the perceptions of these careers from the standpoint of parents and young gamers. This dearth of knowledge thus provides an impetus for research since parents’ perceptions could arguably influence the management of their children’s video gaming consumption. Results yielded through qualitative interviews with 35 respondents revealed that parental mediation was practiced via ‘distant mediation’. This is characterised by parents ostensibly withdrawing or remaining remotely detached from their children’s video gaming whilst monitoring them from afar. When perspectives of gaming careers were further scrutinised through a comparative scope, the findings also reflected that parents and children shared accommodating attitudes toward vocations in the video gaming sector.

Gaming Sexism

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda C. Cote
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Media Studies ◽  
Video Game ◽  
The Other ◽  
Video Gaming ◽  
Changing Environment ◽  
Full Participation ◽  
Gaming Culture ◽  
Game Industry ◽  
And Gender

In 2012, video gaming culture saw an interesting, paradoxical divergence. On one hand, game journalists and trade organizations testified that gaming had significantly diversified from its masculine roots, with women comprising nearly half of all gamers. On the other hand, gaming spaces witnessed increasing, public incidents of sexism and misogyny. Gaming Sexism analyzes the video game industry and its players to explain the roots of these contradictory narratives, how they coexist, and what their divergence means in terms of power and gender equality. Media studies scholar Amanda C. Cote first turns to video game magazines to assess how longstanding expectations for “gamers” are shifting, how this provokes anxiety in traditional audiences, and how these players resist change, at times employing harassment and sexism to drive out new audience members. She follows this analysis by interviewing female players, to see how their experiences have been affected by games’ changing environment. Interviewees reveal many persistent barriers to full participation in gaming, including overtly and implicitly sexist elements within texts, gaming audiences, and the industry. At the same time, participants have developed nuanced strategies for managing their exclusion, pursuing positive gaming experiences, and competing with men on their own turf. Thus, Gaming Sexism reveals extensive, persistent problems in achieving gender equality in gaming. However, it also demonstrates the power of a motivated, marginalized audience, and draws on their experiences to explore how structural inequalities in gaming spaces—and culture more broadly—can themselves be gamed and overcome.

The U.S. Video Game Industry

2009 ◽  
pp. 499-514
Author(s):  
Janet C. Dunlop
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Video Gaming ◽  
Video Game Industry ◽  
Star Wars ◽  
Game Industry ◽  
Cover Art ◽  
Capitalist Ideology ◽  
The U.S

Today’s media are vast in both form and influence; however, few cultural studies scholars address the video gaming industry’s role in domestic maintenance and global imposition of U.S. hegemonic ideologies. In this study, video games are analyzed by cover art, content, and origin of production. Whether it is earning more “powers” in games such as Star Wars, or earning points to purchase more powerful artillery in Grand Theft Auto, capitalist ideology is reinforced in a subtle, entertaining fashion. This study shows that oppressive hegemonic representations of gender and race are not only present, but permeate the majority of top-selling video games. Finally, the study traces the origins of best-selling games, to reveal a virtual U.S. monopoly in the content of this formative medium.

The U.S. Video Game Industry

2011 ◽  
pp. 231-246
Author(s):  
Janet C. Dunlop
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Video Gaming ◽  
Video Game Industry ◽  
Star Wars ◽  
Game Industry ◽  
Cover Art ◽  
Capitalist Ideology ◽  
The U.S

Today’s media are vast in both form and influence; however, few cultural studies scholars address the video gaming industry’s role in domestic maintenance and global imposition of U.S. hegemonic ideologies. In this study, video games are analyzed by cover art, content, and origin of production. Whether it is earning more “powers” in games such as Star Wars, or earning points to purchase more powerful artillery in Grand Theft Auto, capitalist ideology is reinforced in a subtle, entertaining fashion. This study shows that oppressive hegemonic representations of gender and race are not only present, but permeate the majority of top-selling video games. Finally, the study traces the origins of best-selling games, to reveal a virtual U.S. monopoly in the content of this formative medium.

scholarly journals Video game industry versus Internet Gaming Disorder: ‘The match of the century’

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-48
Author(s):  
Xavier Cabonell-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Video Game ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Internet Gaming Disorder ◽  
World Health ◽  
Video Gaming ◽  
Gaming Industry ◽  
Internet Gaming ◽  
History Of ◽  
Game Industry ◽  
Health Organization

This article consists of a reflection on the clash between the interests of the video gaming industry and the health of consumers as defined by the World Health Organization and the American Psychiatric Association. The article discusses the history of the self-regulation of the tobacco, alcohol and gambling industries, then goes on to discuss the extent to which video games may gain establishment acceptance as sports, much as bridge and chess did before them. The article concludes that the category of sport can serve as a mediating force between the industry and the health of gamers.

scholarly journals L’apport des théories du design aux game studies : nouvelles perspectives en design de jeux vidéo

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-114
Author(s):  
Laureline Chiapello
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Design Theory ◽  
Game Studies ◽  
Video Gaming ◽  
Gaming Industry ◽  
Video Game Design ◽  
Game Industry ◽  
Design Theories

At a time when the video game industry is booming in Canada and game studies departments begin to emerge in universities, this article assesses the evolution of video game design theories. These can be considered as the combination of two worlds, design theories and video game studies, a union that seems largely under-examined. Using a theoretical model drawn from design theory, namely “the eclipse of the object,” this article reveals similarities between design and video game design theories. It argues that the parallels that can be drawn between these theories constitute the basis for a shared theoretical outlook. Building on this commonality, this paper concludes with some suggestions concerning research, pedagogy, and the video gaming industry that aim at unifying these two domains.

scholarly journals The impacts of live streaming and Twitch.tv on the video game industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 670-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark R Johnson ◽  
Jamie Woodcock
Keyword(s):  
Video Game ◽  
Consumer Choice ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Live Streaming ◽  
Online Ethnography ◽  
Competitive Game ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Game Industry

This article explores the growing importance of live streaming, specifically on website and platform Twitch.tv, to the games industry. We focus not on live streaming as a form of media production and consumption, but instead explore its newly central role in the contemporary political economy of the whole video games ecosystem. We explore three cases: streaming newly released games and the attendant role of streaming in informing consumer choice; the visibility and added lifespan that streaming is affording to independent and niche games and older games; and the live streaming of the creation of games, shedding light on the games industry and subverting ordinarily expensive or highly competitive game-design courses, training and employment paths. To do so, we draw on empirical data from offline and online fieldwork, including 100 qualitative interviews with professional live-streamers, offline ethnography at live-streaming events, and online ethnography and observation of Twitch streams. The article concludes that live streaming is a major new force in the games industry, creating new links between developers and influencers and shifting our expectations of game play and game design, and is consequently a platform whose major structural effects are only now beginning to be understood.

scholarly journals PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY IN MODERN CONDITIONS

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olha Sukhorukova ◽  
Alla Kvasko
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Personnel Management ◽  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Video Game ◽  
The State ◽  
Media Industry ◽  
Organization Of Work ◽  
Media Companies ◽  
Management Problems ◽  
The Media

The media industry includes publishing, television, radio, advertising, some segments of information activities (web portals, websites) and video game development. Informatization, globalization, integration processes provide dynamic development of media enterprises, change the organization of work. Demand for staff is growing. The study of personnel management problems in the media industry has intensified with the development of media management. However, in the considered researches there are no researches of the media industry as a participant of the labor market in Ukraine; it is necessary to identify current problems of personnel management and criteria for selecting effective personnel technologies. Problems of personnel management have become more acute in the context of the global pandemic and the widespread introduction of telework. The formation of approaches to working with staff is influenced not only by the global situation, but also by the state of the internal media market. Therefore, the study of personnel management problems should take into account local characteristics. The state and indicators of activity of the media industry of Ukraine by types of economic activity are considered. An imbalance in the development of various segments of the industry, a significant lag behind the overall economic indicators. The features of media companies that influence personnel management are identified. Among them, the features of the editorial process, the use of communication and digital technologies, the size of media companies. The key problems faced by the media manager of the media company – planning, recruitment, motivation and formation of corporate culture. The characteristics of the domestic labor market, as well as its industry segment are given. Problems of the organization of work of the personnel in the conditions of a pandemic are defined; in particular, the remote form of work and changes in traditional ways of organizing work are considered. The criteria for selection and use of personnel technologies in the management practice are determined. Prospects for further research on personnel management of media companies have been established.

Predictors of Problematic Video Game Usage in Childhood and Adolescence

2013 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 153-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Mößle ◽  
Florian Rehbein
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
School Children ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Video Gaming ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Longitudinal Control ◽  
Peer Problems ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Usage Patterns

Aim: The aim of this article is to work out the differential significance of risk factors of media usage, personality and social environment in order to explain problematic video game usage in childhood and adolescence. Method: Data are drawn from the Berlin Longitudinal Study Media, a four-year longitudinal control group study with 1 207 school children. Data from 739 school children who participated at 5th and 6th grade were available for analysis. Result: To explain the development of problematic video game usage, all three areas, i. e. specific media usage patterns, certain aspects of personality and certain factors pertaining to social environment, must be taken into consideration. Video game genre, video gaming in reaction to failure in the real world (media usage), the children’s/adolescents’ academic self-concept (personality), peer problems and parental care (social environment) are of particular significance. Conclusion: The results of the study emphasize that in future – and above all also longitudinal – studies different factors regarding social environment must also be taken into account with the recorded variables of media usage and personality in order to be able to explain the construct of problematic video game usage. Furthermore, this will open up possibilities for prevention.

Bluehole: Bluehole’s spectacular success in the video game industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-155
Author(s):  
Yongjin Oh ◽  
Seungchul Lee ◽  
Jaewon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Video Game ◽  
Video Game Industry ◽  
Game Industry
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