Hearing ’Lady Game Creators’ Tweet: #1ReasonWhy, Women and Online Discourse in the Game Development Community
dc.contributor.author | Blodgett, Bridget Marie | |
dc.contributor.author | Salter, Anastasia | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-05T20:06:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-06-05T20:06:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the rise of the #1ReasonWhy hashtag on Twitter during November 2012. It looks at how the @replies and RTs used within the hashtag built a picture of the issues facing women within the field of game development. The discourse and sharing of experiences amplified through the hashtag provide a broad picture of gender discrimination and sexism within the industry’s culture, along with potential community-driven methods for confronting these entrenched traditions of harassment. In particular this paper uses the conversations developed by women during this period to understand how Twitter acted as a tool to build solidarity and amplify the message of gender discrimination within the industry. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://spir.aoir.org/index.php/spir/article/viewFile/694/pdf | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 3 pages | en_US |
dc.genre | conference papers and proceedings | en_US |
dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/M2DP1N | |
dc.identifier.citation | Blodgett, BM; Salter, A. (2013). Hearing ’Lady Game Creators’ Tweet: #1ReasonWhy, Women and Online Discourse in the Game Development Community. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2162-3317 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/3966 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Conference: 14th Annual Conference for the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)14th Annual Conference for the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) | en_US |
dc.relation.isAvailableAt | University of Baltimore | |
dc.subject | #1reasonwhy | en_US |
dc.subject | gender | en_US |
dc.subject | game development | en_US |
dc.subject | social movements | en_US |
dc.subject | en_US | |
dc.title | Hearing ’Lady Game Creators’ Tweet: #1ReasonWhy, Women and Online Discourse in the Game Development Community | en_US |
dc.type | Text | en_US |