"Never Good Enough": Player Identities, Experiences, and Coping Strategies of Women in Czech Video Game Journalism

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F24%3A10482655" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/24:10482655 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Dbcr8b-MAh" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Dbcr8b-MAh</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15554120231166791" target="_blank" >10.1177/15554120231166791</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

"Never Good Enough": Player Identities, Experiences, and Coping Strategies of Women in Czech Video Game Journalism

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In this article, we examine the position of women in Czech video game journalism and the strategies they use to cope with sexism. To this end, we conducted eight in-depth interviews with currently active women journalists. According to our respondents, their work is judged more harshly because they are women and they have to deal with gender boundaries and stereotypes, sometimes conforming to them to prevent further harassment. In this regard, our respondents were criticized (as well as praised) for their physical appearance and treated as less competent than their male colleagues. All respondents agreed that they were repeatedly told by various parties-players, colleagues, and developers-that they were not good enough as game journalists (and never would be). We argue that women game journalists are pronouncedly affected by sexism and misogyny as their expert role directly challenges toxic gaming masculinities.

Název v anglickém jazyce

"Never Good Enough": Player Identities, Experiences, and Coping Strategies of Women in Czech Video Game Journalism

Popis výsledku anglicky

In this article, we examine the position of women in Czech video game journalism and the strategies they use to cope with sexism. To this end, we conducted eight in-depth interviews with currently active women journalists. According to our respondents, their work is judged more harshly because they are women and they have to deal with gender boundaries and stereotypes, sometimes conforming to them to prevent further harassment. In this regard, our respondents were criticized (as well as praised) for their physical appearance and treated as less competent than their male colleagues. All respondents agreed that they were repeatedly told by various parties-players, colleagues, and developers-that they were not good enough as game journalists (and never would be). We argue that women game journalists are pronouncedly affected by sexism and misogyny as their expert role directly challenges toxic gaming masculinities.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50802 - Media and socio-cultural communication

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Games and Culture

ISSN

1555-4120

e-ISSN

1555-4139

Svazek periodika

19

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

449-468

Kód UT WoS článku

000966577800001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85152446509