LGBTQ+ Representation in Video Games through Eyes of the Queer Community
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15210%2F22%3A73619773" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15210/22:73619773 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://iluminace.cz/pdfs/ilu/2022/03/06.pdf" target="_blank" >https://iluminace.cz/pdfs/ilu/2022/03/06.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.58193/ilu.1742" target="_blank" >10.58193/ilu.1742</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
LGBTQ+ Representation in Video Games through Eyes of the Queer Community
Original language description
This article discusses the questions of LGBTQ+ representation in video games through the eyes of queer gamers and creators. The methodology of this work is based on Fairclough's critical discourse analysis, which is applied to a corpus of texts primarily from the social website Reddit. Critical discourse analysis is used to contextualize the statements of the speakers in the wider sociocultural framework. The findings are supported by previous research done in queer game studies by authors such as Bonnie Ruberg and Gaspard Pelurson. The first part of the work focuses on the approach game creators choose when creating a queer representation, which can be summarized as balancing between inclusivity and avoiding conflict with conservative markets. The second part delves into the stances LGBTQ+ gamers express towards queer representation in games. They point out various issues, such as marginalization and stereotypization, which can be however used to improve the credibility of characters.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50802 - Media and socio-cultural communication
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Iluminace
ISSN
0862-397X
e-ISSN
2570-9267
Volume of the periodical
2022
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
25
Pages from-to
139-163
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85149327218