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dc.contributor.authorRuotsalainen, Maria
dc.contributor.authorFriman, Usva
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-25T07:22:10Z
dc.date.available2022-08-25T07:22:10Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationRuotsalainen, M., & Friman, U. (2018). "There Are No Women and They All Play Mercy" : Understanding and Explaining (the Lack of) Women’s Presence in Esports and Competitive Gaming. In <i>DiGRA Nordic '18 : Proceedings of 2018 International DiGRA Nordic Conference</i> (2018). Digital Games Research Association. Conference of Digital Games Research Association. <a href="http://www.digra.org/wp-content/uploads/digital-library/DiGRA_Nordic_2018_paper_31.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.digra.org/wp-content/uploads/digital-library/DiGRA_Nordic_2018_paper_31.pdf</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_151642047
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/82815
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, we explore women’s participation in esports and competitive gaming. We will analyze two different types of research material: online questionnaire responses by women explaining their reluctance to participate in esports, and online forum discussions regarding women’s participation in competitive Overwatch. We will examine the ways in which women’s participation – its conditions, limits and possibilities – are constructed in the discussions concerning women gamers, how women are negotiating their participation in their own words, and in what ways gender may affect these processes. Our findings support those made in previous studies concerning esports and competitive gaming as fields dominated by toxic meritocracy and hegemonic (geek) masculinity, and based on our analysis, women’s room for participation in competitive gaming is still extremely limited, both in terms of presence and ways of participationen
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherDigital Games Research Association
dc.relation.ispartofDiGRA Nordic '18 : Proceedings of 2018 International DiGRA Nordic Conference
dc.relation.ispartofseriesConference of Digital Games Research Association
dc.relation.urihttp://www.digra.org/wp-content/uploads/digital-library/DiGRA_Nordic_2018_paper_31.pdf
dc.rightsIn Copyright
dc.subject.othergender
dc.subject.otheresports
dc.subject.otherhegemonic geek masculinity
dc.subject.othertoxic meritocracy
dc.subject.otherOverwatch
dc.title"There Are No Women and They All Play Mercy" : Understanding and Explaining (the Lack of) Women’s Presence in Esports and Competitive Gaming
dc.typeconferenceObject
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-202208254348
dc.contributor.laitosMusiikin, taiteen ja kulttuurin tutkimuksen laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Music, Art and Culture Studiesen
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dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.relation.issn2342-9666
dc.relation.volume2018
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© 2018 Authors & Nordic DiGRA. Personal and educational classroom use of this paper is allowed, commercial use requires specific permission from the author.
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dc.relation.conferenceConference of Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA)
dc.subject.ysoverkkopelit
dc.subject.ysopelikulttuuri
dc.subject.ysomaskuliinisuus
dc.subject.ysosukupuoli
dc.subject.ysoosallistuminen
dc.subject.ysosukupuoliroolit
dc.subject.ysomeritokratia
dc.subject.ysoelektroninen urheilu
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jyx.fundinginformationThis research was supported by the Academy of Finland project Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies (CoE-GameCult, 312395)
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