Gender in digital games: gameplay as cyborg performance
Autor/in:
Yilmaz, Serenad
Quelle: Universität Duisburg-Essen Campus Duisburg, Fak. für Gesellschaftswissenschaften, Institut für Soziologie; Duisburg (Working Papers kultur- und techniksoziologische Studien, 05/2013), 2013. 22 S
Inhalt: Computer games have now been around nearly forty years. The pace at which computer games have transformed has been so fast that at times it is exceeding thoughtful evaluation and criticism. Since the beginning of the 2000’s, academic understanding of this phenomenon has been trying to catch up with this pace. Feminist studies has also been observing computer gaming, theorizing it as another male-dominated cultural domain. Most of the feminist inquiries in this area have focused on representations of gender and violence in games. Focus on gender and identity relationships between the game players and game characters, has been relatively small. What mostly missing from the current research, is the gender transgressions and alternative subjectivities that might hold political meanings besides the personal ones. Virtual reality communities and massively multiplayer role-playing online games challenge the ideas of identity and gender. As the computer gaming world grows larger, gender representations are becoming more fluid and ambiguous; the possibilities of subversive readings of gender and alternative subjectivities expand.
Patterns of multi-channel communication among older teens
Autor/in:
Geser, Hans
Quelle: Universität Zürich, Philosophische Fakultät, Soziologisches Institut; Zürich, 2007. 26 S
Inhalt: "Based on a study of 1440 Swiss teenagers in 2003, higly complementary (instead of substitutive) relationships are found between the usage of various technical communication media as well as between media usage and face-to-face interactions. Males seem particularly prone to use all media channels in a complementary fashion. Among both genders, there is a particularly strong complementarity between the fixed and the mobile phone. When partners meet rarely, the communicate more by written than by oral media, particularly by SMS. By comparing older acquaintances with more recently created interpersonal relationships, it is found that the mix of media channels doesn't change significantly over time, except that the exchange of Short Text Messages declines. While to closeness of a relationship seems to be positively affected by the frequency of meetings and fixed phone calls, mobile contacts and Emails don't seem to make any consistent contribution." (author's abstract). Contents 1.Introduction; 2. Exploring the factors of individual and collective media choice; 3. Research Questions and Research Design; 4. Total amount of communicative relations; 5. Relationships between the Five Channels: Intercorrelations and Factor Structures; 6. On the Relationship between Mobile Calls and Fixed Phone Calls; 7. Relationships between Physical Meetings and Technically Mediated Communications; 8. Older and more recent acquaintances; 9. Impacts on the closeness of relationship; 10. Conclusions; References.
Schlagwörter:Mobiltelefon; cell phone; Interaktion; interaction; Kommunikationstechnologie; communication technology; Jugendlicher; adolescent; Nutzung; utilization; Kommunikationsmedien; communication media; interpersonelle Kommunikation; interpersonal communication; gender-specific factors; Kommunikationsverhalten; communication behavior; SMS; SMS; E-Mail; e-mail; Schweiz; Switzerland
Frauenforschung: Selbstreflexion und Gesellschaftskritik mit Begründung eines soziopsychoanalytischen Ansatzes
Titelübersetzung:Research on women: self-reflection and social criticism with justification of a sociopsychoanalytical approach
Autor/in:
Ley, Katharina
Quelle: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS); Hoffmann-Nowotny, Hans-Joachim; Deutscher Soziologentag "Kultur und Gesellschaft"; Zürich, 1989. S 102-105
Titelübersetzung:Positions regarding research on women in the GDR
Autor/in:
Gysi, Jutta
Quelle: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS); Hoffmann-Nowotny, Hans-Joachim; Deutscher Soziologentag "Kultur und Gesellschaft"; Zürich, 1989. S 116-118
Schlagwörter:Doppelrolle; Arbeitsteilung; Frauenforschung; women's studies; German Democratic Republic (GDR); division of labor; mother; Hausarbeit; working woman; gender role; housework; dual role; Mutter; woman; Geschlechtsrolle; DDR; Führungsposition; gender-specific factors; berufstätige Frau; executive position