Gender and Digital Gameplay: Theories, Oversights, Accidents, and Surprises

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Author(s): Jennifer Jenson (York University, Canada)and Castell Suzanne de (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 10
Source title: Educational Gameplay and Simulation Environments: Case Studies and Lessons Learned
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): David Kaufman (Simon Fraser University, Canada)and Louise Sauvé (Télé-université, Canada)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-731-2.ch006

Keywords: Educational Technologies / Gaming / Information Science Reference / Media & Communications

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In this chapter, we take a fresh look at gender and digital gameplay. Rather than repeat the stereotypes of who plays what, how, and why, we show how our own preconceptions about gender keep surprises at bay, reinforcing, instead, oft-cited ideologies. As researchers, we are entitled to be surprised by our findings. Serious interpretive work, in conjunction with alternative methodologies, promise very different findings from the expected, and accepted, assumptions about women and girls and their involvement in gameplay.

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