Forging a more masculine self online: Demonstrating skill and sovereignty in the playing of first-person shooter games
This paper explores how and why first-person shooter games can enable players to forge a more masculine sense of self. In doing so, it advances an understanding of the interconnected nature of players’ online and offline worlds, and their ‘actual’ and ‘ideal’ selves. Whilst existing masculinities re...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | text |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2023
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3622 https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2022.2095579 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Institution: | Singapore Management University |
| Language: | English |