A research on the gender gap in gaming and its extension into eSports

Sociological studies have been done to account for the gender gap in gaming where a male hegemony has been casted upon. There is a need for us to delve deeper into the topic as gaming becomes lucrative and a profession and the females are excluded from it. There is a lack of research that has been d...

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Main Author: Yap, Alex
Other Authors: Sam Han
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2015
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-624472019-12-10T14:56:46Z A research on the gender gap in gaming and its extension into eSports Yap, Alex Sam Han School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology Sociological studies have been done to account for the gender gap in gaming where a male hegemony has been casted upon. There is a need for us to delve deeper into the topic as gaming becomes lucrative and a profession and the females are excluded from it. There is a lack of research that has been done on the gender gap in professional. This research will thus investigate the gender gap in recreational gaming in the themes of, nature of computer games; familiarity with consoles and hardware; culture in gaming; identity of a gamer, before extending these reasons to account for the gender gap in professional gaming. Bachelor of Arts 2015-04-06T03:44:24Z 2015-04-06T03:44:24Z 2015 2015 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62447 en Nanyang Technological University 34 p. application/pdf
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A research on the gender gap in gaming and its extension into eSports
description Sociological studies have been done to account for the gender gap in gaming where a male hegemony has been casted upon. There is a need for us to delve deeper into the topic as gaming becomes lucrative and a profession and the females are excluded from it. There is a lack of research that has been done on the gender gap in professional. This research will thus investigate the gender gap in recreational gaming in the themes of, nature of computer games; familiarity with consoles and hardware; culture in gaming; identity of a gamer, before extending these reasons to account for the gender gap in professional gaming.
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title A research on the gender gap in gaming and its extension into eSports
title_short A research on the gender gap in gaming and its extension into eSports
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