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investiGaming is a publication of the Serious Game Design group in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media at Michigan State University, 2007-2009

This gateway is partially supported by grant 0631771 from the National Science Foundation.

The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent Michigan State University or the National Science Foundation.

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Selected Research

Miller, M.K. and Summers, A. (2007).
Gender differences in video game characters' roles, appearances, and attire as portrayed in video game magazines.
Sex Roles, v57, 733-742, 2007.

Keywords:

journal, avatars, sexuality, gaming culture, fandom, gender stereotypes

Full Text: No | Abstract: Yes

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References: 421 Citations | 330 Abstracts | 279 Full text links

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investiGaming is a gateway to research on gender, gaming and computing for the game industry, game design educators and students, and academic game researchers.

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